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Excerpt from The Dresden Gallery in Photographs After the Original Pictures: With Comments Thereon
The Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ borne up by clouds. On her right, St. Sixtus in a kneeling posture; on her left, St. Barbara. Below, two cherubs. In the background between two green curtains, a glory of angelic heads.
This world renowned picture, the gem of the Dresden Gallery was, according to Vasari, painted for the High Altar of the Benedictine Convent of S. Sisto in Piacenza probably in 1518, and purchased in that place for Augustus III., King of Saxony through the painter Carlo Cesari Giovannini in l 753 for ducats, or Roman scudi, about Thalers. Since its removal to Dresden, the admiration of this immortal work has increased from year to year, and it is rightly regarded as the most ideal creation in the whole range of painting.
On clouds enthroned, the Virgin and the Infant With looks of earnest love, the world are greeting; The earth in cloud enshrouded lies beneath them, And veil and vesture ¿oat in heavenly breezes.
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