Ernest Bieler
(Swiss, 1863-1948)
Lady in Blue, 1913
Oil on canvas?
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car·toon
Fine Arts: a full-scale design for a picture, ornamental motif or pattern, or the like, to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc.
This picture was formerly assigned to Giovanni Bellini andFrom the catalogue of British and foreign pictures at the National Gallery in Great Britain, found at www.ebooksread.com
catalogued as St. Dominic.
He wears the Dominican robe and a black skull cap. The right
hand, which alone is seen above the red marble parapet, holds a
lily (probably of later date), and a book in red binding, on which
is a small white label with the words "Sancts Dominies." Behind
is a green curtain with a pattern of daisies and red flowers.