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JANUARY 6<br />

Epiphany<br />

Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919) "The Adoration of the Magi" after Botticelli<br />

(1873-76). This painting was commissioned to help illustrate Ruskin's lecture series<br />

"Ariadne Florentina" about the schools of art and design in Florence. Ruskin noted<br />

Botticelli's "stupendous power" and praised him for being as "high in intellect and<br />

moral sentiment" as he was talented as an artist. Ruskin admired the design and<br />

colouring of Botticelli's original painting and found Murray's "copy" (which was not<br />

intended as a detailed study) to be "entirely admirable". http://<br />

www.guildofstgeorge.org.uk/the-collection/

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