LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. [The Holy Family. Pintoricchio. Academy, Siena][3]
2. [The Valley Farm. Constable. National Gallery, London][5]
3. [Madonna and St. Jerome. Correggio. Parma Gallery, Italy][7]
4. [The Wood-Gatherers. Corot. Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.][9]
5. [The Aurora. Guido Reni. Rospigliosi Palace, Rome][11]
6. [Singing Boys. Franz Hals. Cassel Gallery, Germany][13]
7. [St. Barbara. Palma Vecchio. Santa Maria Formosa, Venice][15]
8. [Charles I and His Horse. Van Dyck. Louvre, Paris][17]
9. [The Gale. Homer. Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts][19]
10. [Madonna del Gran' Duca. Raphael. Pitti Palace, Florence][21]
11. [Joan of Arc. Bastien-Lepage. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City][23]
12. [The Fates. Michael Angelo. Pitti Palace, Florence][25]
13. [Madonna of the Chair. Raphael. Pitti Palace, Florence][27]
14. [Wolf and Fox Hunt. Rubens. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City][29]
15. [The Night Watch. Rembrandt. Ryks Museum, Amsterdam][31]
16. [The Assumption. Titian. Academy, Venice][33]
17. [The Melon-Eaters. Murillo. Pinakothek, Munich][35]
18. [The Muses. Romano. Pitti Palace, Florence][37]
19. ["Come Abide with Us." Fra Angelico. San Marco, Florence][39]
20. [The Supper at Emmaus. Rembrandt. Louvre, Paris][41]
21. [Children of Charles I. Van Dyck. Dresden Gallery][43]
22. [The Buttery. De Hooch. Ryks Museum, Amsterdam][45]
23. [Coronation of the Virgin. Botticelli. Uffizi Palace, Florence][47]
24. [The Wolf-Charmer. La Farge. City Art Museum, St. Louis][49]
25. [The Old Woman Cutting Her Nails. Rembrandt. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City][51]
26. [The Spinner. Maes. Ryks Museum, Amsterdam][53]
27. [St. George and the Dragon. Carpaccio. Church of San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, Venice][55]
28. [The Grand Canal. Turner. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City][57]
29. [Song of the Lark. Breton. Art Institute, Chicago][59]
30. [The Holy Night. Correggio. Dresden Gallery][61]
31. [The Gleaners. Millet. Louvre, Paris][63]
32. [St. Cecilia. Raphael. Bologna, Italy][65]
33. [Helena Fourment and Her Son and Daughter. Rubens. Louvre, Paris][67]
34. [The Harp of the Winds. Martin. Metropolitan Museum of Art][69]
35. [The Tribute Money. Titian. Dresden Gallery][71]
36. [The Maids of Honor. Velasquez. Madrid Gallery, Spain][73]
37. [The Nymphs. Corot. Louvre, Paris][75]
38. [St. Francis Preaching to the Birds. Giotto. Upper Church, Assisi, Italy][77]
39. [The Governess. Chardin. Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna][79]
40. [The Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci. Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan][81]
41. [Sir Galahad. Watts. Eton College, England][83]
42. [The Duchess of Devonshire and Her Child. Reynolds. Royal Gallery, Windsor][85]
43. [St. Agnes and Her Lamb. Andrea del Sarto. Pisa Cathedral, Italy][87]
44. [Whistler's Mother. Whistler. Luxembourg, Paris][89]
45. [St. Christopher. Titian. Doges Palace, Venice][91]
46. [The Blue Boy. Gainsborough. Private Gallery, Henry Huntington, Los Angeles, California][93]
47. [The Sleeping Girl. Van der Meer. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City][95]
48. [St. Anthony and the Christ-Child. Murillo. Museum of Seville, Spain][97]
49. [King Lear. Abbey. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City][99]
50. [Sunset in the Woods. Inness. Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D. C.][101]

Dear Children:

The stories I am telling about the pictures and their painters in this book are gathered from many countries. Some of them belong to very early times when history was told to grown up people by story-tellers at banquets and in the homes, on the street corners and public halls. Some of the stories are legends and traditions that grew up with the beginnings of the Christian era. All of them are taken from authentic sources and many of them illustrate some natural law.

The artists who painted these pictures knew history and the early myths, the fairy-tales, the legends and the traditions, the Bible and the Apocrypha. We love these pictures because they are beautiful and true, but really to understand them we must know what the artists had in mind when they painted them.

If you learn to know these pictures and love them, I will make you another book soon about statues and their stories.

With love and best wishes, from your friend,

Lorinda Munson Bryant