Volume 1
The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament / commenced by the late Mrs. Jameson ; continued and completed by Lady Eastlake.
- Anna Brownell Jameson
- Date:
- 1865
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament / commenced by the late Mrs. Jameson ; continued and completed by Lady Eastlake. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Blind leading the Blind. A.J.'] ^ If the blind lead the blind, they shall both fall into a ditch.’ Dietrich. In a beautiful wooded landscape one blind man is lead- ing another, and both are about to' fall down a precipice. (Munich G-allery, No. 170). The Tree which bore Good Fruit and the Tree which was Barren. ‘ Every tree that beareth not good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire.’ We find this similitude in Gothic sculpture, where it is used as a symbol of the Last Judgment, as on each side of the grand portal of the Cathedral at Amiens. On the right hand is the good tree, laden with fruit, and with lamps suspended from the boughs. On the left hand the barren tree, leafless, and with an axe stuck into the trunk. The Merchant who buys the Pearl of great Price. ‘The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls,’ &c. (Matt. xiii. 45). Bassano has represented this parable in his picture of the Jeweller. In Greek Art the interpretation is very expressive. Christ stands in the midst in an attitude of benediction; around Him crowns, treasures, idols, royal robes, lie broken and scattered on the ground. The sages and heathen philosophers of Greece look on, and a pro- phet points to our Lord, saying, ‘ Behold the pearl of great price! ’ There is a series of eight small pictures by Domenico Feti, repre- senting eight parables. 1. The Prodigal Son. 2. The Good Sama-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24876239_0001_0438.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
