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awful grandeur to the effect of the picture on
entering the chapel, in which it is placed over
the altar. That awful light of the morning is
contrasted with the golden effulgence above; in
the midst of which, our Saviour is seen with
extended arms, to receive and welcome his
mother.
" From the sepulchre, and the Apostles in
the centre, to the fore-ground, the third group
of figures partly lies in shade, occasioned by
mantle extended by angels. On the other part
of the group, on the side_ where the light
enters, the figures are seen in the broad blaze
of day; and amongst them is the portrait of
the artist.
'A' When I first saw this picture, my sensations
were in unison with its awful character ; and I
confess that I was touched with the same kind
of sensibility as when I heard the inexpressibly
harmonious blendings of vocal sounds -in the
solemn notes of Non nobis Domine. I never
felt more forcibly the dignity of music and the