Posted on 12/07/2004 1:08:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
during her earthly life she probably never wore anything blue, since she was poor and dyes were expensive. It is a lovely color though!
It's not important. This looks like a neoclassical painting to me and I thought most neoclassical painters painted Mary's robed in blue. (see below some examples)
Lovely Lady, dressed in blue,
Teach me how to pray.
God was once your little boy -
Tell me what to say
I'm no art major, but I took alot of art history classes when I studied in Rome in college. Portraying Mary in blue goes back to medieval times - in first millenium mosaics in Rome, blue and extremely expensive lapis lazuli was reserved for depicting the Virgin's robe. It definitely must represent purity or some other virtue, not a realistic depiction of what Mary wore.
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