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圣母玛利亚早晨-阿尔弗雷德·西斯利
` Saint Mammès Morning (1884) --Alfred Sisley (法国艺术家, 1840-1899)
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圣母玛利亚·拉伯里斯-尼古拉·康斯坦蒂诺维奇·罗里奇
-The story of the Madonna Laboris is taken from the apocryphal gospel, which Roerich cites as an example in one of his essays: In an impressive and stirring way Christianity has consecrated the legend to the Mother of God: In the transcendental heights of the above-ground world is Heaven, at the gate of which is standing sacristan Apostle Peter. Peter was disturbed and said to the Lord God: \'All day long I watch the gates of Paradise; I do not let anyone in, yet in the morning there are newcomers in Paradise.\' And the Lord said: \'Let us make the rounds at night, Peter.\' So they went in the night and they saw the Holy Virgin lowering along the wall Her snow-white scarf, up which souls were climbing. Peter took this to heart and wanted to interfere, but the Lord whispered: \'Sh... let be...\' (Nicholas Roerich, To Womanhood, 1931)