Estelle M. Hurll

PREFACE

CONTENTS AND LIST OF PICTURES

INTRODUCTION I. ON RAPHAEL'S CHARACTER AS AN ARTIST.

I THE MADONNA OF THE CHAIR

II ABRAHAM AND THE THREE ANGELS

III THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES

IV THE SACRIFICE AT LYSTRA

V HELIODORUS DRIVEN FROM THE TEMPLE

VI THE LIBERATION OF PETER

VII THE HOLY FAMILY OF FRANCIS I

VIII ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA

IX ST. CECILIA

X THE TRANSFIGURATION

XI PARNASSUS

XII SOCRATES AND ALCIBIADES

XIII THE FLIGHT OF AENEAS

XIV ST. MICHAEL SLAYING THE DRAGON

XV THE SISTINE MADONNA

XVI PORTRAIT OF RAPHAEL

PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS

Transcriber's Note.

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Masterpieces of Art

RAPHAEL

A COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN PICTURES

AND A PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER

WITH INTRODUCTION AND

INTERPRETATION

EDITED BY

ESTELLE M. HURLL

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

1899

Copyright, 1899, BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO