Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts

LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA, AS REPRESENTED IN THE FINE ARTS. BY MRS. JAMESON. CORRECTED AND ENLARGED EDITION. BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1881. NOTE BY THE PUBLISHERS. Some months since Mrs. Jameson kindly consented to prepare for this Edition of her writings the series of _Sacred and Legendary Art_, but dying before she had time to fulfil her promise, the arrangement has been intrusted to other hands. The text of the whole series will be an exact reprint of the last English Edition. TICKNOR & FIELDS. BOSTON, Oct. 1st, 1860. CONTENTS. PREFACE INTRODUCTION-- Origin of the Worship of the Madonna. Earliest artistic Representations. Origin of the Group of t…

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