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Title: Catalogue of paintings and drawings.
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Worcester Art Museum
Subjects: Art Catalogs
Publisher: Worchester, Massachusetts
Contributing Library: Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO

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n the lines of rocks and landscapeand bring together successfully all objects in the composition. In addition to strength and graciousness a spirit of restraintpervades the panel. The colour, drawing, and pose of the figurehave majesty. A mantle richly brocaded with a design of pome-granates is worn by the saint; its folds are dexterously indicatedby simple flowing lines. An under-garment of dark browTi appearsalmost black. The halo is decorated with an incised floraldesign. Light reddish brown predominates in the rocks andforeground. The demon, w^hich is painted with force and dex-terity, is bluish green in colour, and the book held by St. Bar-tholomew is red. The saint has fair skin w^th reddish hair andbeard, with a suggestion of Sienese influence in the face. Thedrapery shows unmistakable Gothic and Sienese treatment; butthere is something in the picture w^hich is not consistent witheither of these influences; it may have a German origin. Tempera on panel, 68 inches by ^i^i inches
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MADONNA AND CHILDMASOLINO DA PANICALE i6 MASOLINO DA PAxMCALE Florentine, 1383-1440MADONNA AND CHILD This picture possesses In considerable measure attributesof fifteenth centur) Florentine art. Characteristics of Maso-Hno In the painting of e)es, nose, and general features arepresent in the panel, although not so sharply accentuated asin the more fully established examples of this master. It islikely that continued repainting and restoration have modifiedthese characteristics to some extent and have given the paint-ing—particularly the Madonna—a delicacy somewhat foreignto the period and school. In any case It Is far from satisfactoryto call this significant panel a school picture, and there appearsto be no artist to whom it could be more appropriately attributedthan to Masolino, owing to subtle distinctions of personality. The importance of the picture lies in the combination ofstrength, grace, and colour,—strength particularly obvious Inthe Christ Child, grace In the delicate

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