LUINI
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BE I WEEN 1 475 AND 140O — SOON AFTER l633
Ten decorative fresco panels, allegorical of the sufferings and struggles for liberty of Lombardy under the Dominion of Spain.
Four of this series arc here reproduced, viz :
52. — Peace
A young man standing on the left, and holding a lance, is pointing with his right hand at two female figures, lying asleep amongst a flock of sheep, in a flowery meadow to the right. A for- tified castle and buildings on the top of a mountain in the background.
891/2in. by48in.
53. — Praying for Liberation
A young woman, her eyes turned heavenward, and her hands clasped in prayer, is kneeling in the centre of the foreground with a bow and quiver by her side. Another young woman holding a bow, and taking an arrow from her quiver, approaches her from behind.
91in.by441 :in.
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