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 CHRIST arched, figures life-size. The Saviour, with only a white drapery about his loins, kneel- ing on banks of the river, with hands crossed on breast; St. John, partly clothed in rai- ment of camel's hair, standing on right, hold- ing a reed cross and pouring water from a shell on head of Christ ; above, on left, two cherubs with garments of Jesus ; above, centre, the Dove ; background, landscape and river Jordan. Restored in 1875. Cur- tis, 189. By Rubens, M. Schamp, Ghent ; canvas. Christ nude, except loins, standing in Jor- dan, with the Dove descending on his head ; St. John, standing on bank, pours water on his head from a shell ; to right, three angels in air, holding his raiment ; above, three more angels ; to left, four men, preparing for baptism, and two women, one of whom holds a child. Painted in Italy in 1604-6 for S. Trinita, Mantua. By Tintoretto, S. Silvestro, Venice ; canvas, arched at top, H. about 15 ft. x 10 ft. Christ in the water and St. John on the shore, without disciples or witnesses ; the Jordan represented as a mountain brook, receiving a tributary stream in a cascade from the rocks. In the arch above is the Father sup- ported by angels, not by Tintoretto, the up- per part of the picture being an addition. Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 358. By Tintoretto, Scuola di S. Rocco, Venice ; canvas. Figures thin and meagre in form, and slightly painted ; of the nineteen figures in the distance about a dozen are little more than sketches. Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 336. By Tintoretto, Vienna Museum ; canvas, H. 3 ft. x 3 ft. 11 in. Landscape with Bap- tism of Christ in the Jordan. Cat. Vienna Mus. By Paolo Veronese, Pitti, Florence ; can- vas, H. 6 ft. 4 in. X 4 ft. 4 in. John Baptist baptising Christ, who kneels on a rock in the Jordan ; three angels near by ; above, the Dove, with light emanating from it. Engraved by Rosaspiua. Gal. du Pitti, i. PI. 14. By Andrea del Verrocchio, Florence Acad- emy ; wood, H. 5 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. Christ standing in the stream with clasped hands, while St. John pours water on his head ; at left, two angels kneel on the bank, near a palm tree. Painted for the brethren of Vallombrosa at S. Salvi. Verrocchio was aided by his pupil Leonardo da Vinci, who Baptism of Christ, Andrea del Verrocchio, Florence Academy. probably painted the charming angel show- ing his full face. Vasari says that the mas- ter, seeing himself outdone by the pupil, re- solved never again to take pencil in hand. Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 36(5 ; C. & C., Italy, ii. 407; Gall. Accad. di Firenze, PI. 44; Jameson, Hist. Our Lord, i. 296. Subject treated also by Paris Bordone, Brera, Milan ; Pietro Perugino, Perugia Gallery ; Pietro Perugino, Vatican, Rome ; Joachim de Patinir, Vienna Museum ; Ales- sandro Tiarini, Vienna Museum ; Tintoretto, Madrid Museum ; Taddeo Gaddi, National Gallery, London ; Piero della Francesca, National Gallery, London ; Francesco Al- bani, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; Cornelis Corneliszen, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; Hendrik Goltzius, Hermitage, St. Peters- burg ; Rogier van der Weyden, Berlin Mu-