THE SISTINE MADONNA.
BERLIN, November 26. A sensation has been caused by several experts declaring that the famous "Sietine Madonna" in the Dresden Gallery is only a copy of Raphael's original picture.
A well-known authority says:—"The j, tost and grandest of all ot hia Madonnas, (if the consummation and perfection of all - such efforts, is the 'Sistino Madonna' (Dresden Gallery). Painted as an altar piece for the Cnurch of San Sistb, at Piacenza, it was finished just before Raphael's death. The Virgin is not represented as a mother, but as the all- . powerful Queen of Heaven descending from the clouds, which are themselves composed of the heads of thousands of cherubs. The Christ-child looks -with
thoughtful eves, as if conscious of his j destiny as a Saviour of the world, while on either side Saint Sixtus and Saint Catherine kneel in adoration. At the base of the picture are the two cele.brated cherubs."
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19131128.2.50.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14835, 28 November 1913, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
153THE SISTINE MADONNA. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14835, 28 November 1913, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in