The Annunciation by Arthur
Hughes (27 January 1832 – 22 December 1915).
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
(UK).
I haled me a woman from
the street,
Shameless, but, oh, so
fair!
I bade her sit in the
model’s seat
And painted her sitting
there.
I hid all traces of her
heart unclean;
I painted a babe at her
breast;
I painted her as she
might have been
If the Worst had been the
Best.
She laughed at my picture
and went away.
Then came, with a knowing
nod,
A connoisseur, and I
heard him say;
“’Tis Mary, the Mother of
God.”
So, I painted a halo
round her hair,
And I sold her and took
my fee,
And she hangs in the
church of Saint Hillaire,
Where you and all may
see.
The Nativity by Arthur
Hughes (27 January 1832 – 22 December 1915).
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
(UK).
Re-blogged from: Tales from
the under Gardener's Lodge
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