harpocrate

Updated: February 11, 2026

"Fast, warm, as if its mother's smile, Laden with love's dewy weight, And red as rose of Harpocrate, Dropt upon its eyelids, pressed Lashes to cheek in a sealèd rest." In Northern Madonna art, the Mater Amabilis is the preëminent subject.

Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll - The Madonna in Art