Hans Holbein the younger . Vol. I., Plate 71 THE MEYER MADONNA Darmstadt. DESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURE 235 of Holbeins book illustrations. In the Virgins face, with its down-cast eyes, there is a look of heavenly tranquillity. Her complexion isfair, and her cheeks have a rosy tinge. She wears a golden crownset with pearls and precious stones, below which her golden hair fallsupon her shoulders and over her mantle, and is painted with allHolbeins minute care and complete technical mastery. The pale,delicate flesh tints are continued in the body of the Infant Christand in the hands of his mother,

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Hans Holbein the younger . Vol. I., Plate 71 THE MEYER MADONNA Darmstadt. DESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURE 235 of Holbeins book illustrations. In the Virgins face, with its down-cast eyes, there is a look of heavenly tranquillity. Her complexion isfair, and her cheeks have a rosy tinge. She wears a golden crownset with pearls and precious stones, below which her golden hair fallsupon her shoulders and over her mantle, and is painted with allHolbeins minute care and complete technical mastery. The pale, delicate flesh tints are continued in the body of the Infant Christand in the hands of his mother, the two heads forming a lovely chordof colour in perfect harmony with the reddish marble and grey stoneof the niche against which they are set. The Virgins dress is darkblue, which has turned almost green with the passing of time, withunder-sleeves of gold, in the painting of which actual gold has beenused, as also in the crown, and in Anna Meyers head-dress and otherornamental parts of the picture. Her girdle is red, and her mantlea greenish grey. Meyers hair is black