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 In Bologna. 459 masters, he would probably have worked out an original and superior style. As it is, his works have about them something of Correggio, Paolo Veronese, Michelangelo and Raphael, without any distinctive character of their own ; the artist's feeling for truth to nature and his vigour of conception only now and then shine through the mannerism with which they are overladen. Many of Annibale's works are in England — the Three Maries, at Castle Howard, for instance (Fig. 159) ; and the eight subjects at the National Gallery — Christ appearing to Simon Peter after His 'Resurrection ; S. John in the Wilderness, two Landscapes with figures, Erminia taking refuge with the Shepherds ; Silemis gathering Grapes; Pan and Apollo, and the Temptation of S. Anthony. His most celebrated work was the decoration of the Farnese Palace, Rome, in which he was at first assisted by his elder brother Agostino. Of the numerous pupils of the Carracci, Domenico Zampieri (1581 — 1641), commonly called Domenichino, and Guido Reni, were the chief. The former was a successful imitator of Raphael's manner, and also caught much of the style of Agostino Carracci ; giving proof, however, of considerable individual power in the heads, and indeed in the general treatment of many of his groups. His Last Communion of S. Jerome, now in the Vatican ; his Four Evangelists, in the cupola of the church of S. Andrea delle Valle at Rome ; and his frescoes of incidents in the Life and Martyrdom of S. Cecilia, in S. Luigi, Rome, are among his most famous compositions ; the National Gallery contains two landscapes with figures ; a 8. Jerome with the Angel ; and a powerful group of the Stoning of S. Stephen.