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 CHRIST while his right is raised in benediction ; on sides, SS. Mark and John, SS. Matthew and Luke. Below, two little angels seated on step holding symbol of the earth. The Prophets Jacob and Isaiah, now in the Trib- une of the Uffizi, were painted on the wings of this altarpiece. Painted for Salvadore Billi, who placed it in SS. Aununziata de' Servi ; bought by Carlo de' Medici in 1G18 for his private chapel, a copy by Jacopo da Enipoli being placed in the church hi its stead ; on the death of the Cardinal (1663) removed to Palazzo Pitti ; carried to Paris in 1799 ; returned in 1814. Engraved by G. B. Gatti. Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 190 ; C. & C., Italy, iii. 466 ; Marchese, ii. 123, 145 ; Landou, Musee, 2d Col., i. PI. 1 ; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. PL 31; Ch. Blanc, Ecole floreu- tine. CHRIST, FLAGELLATION OF. See Flaijellation. CHRIST AFTER FLAGELLATION, Velasquez, Sir John Savile Lumley, H. B. M. Minister at Brussels ; three figures, full length, life size. Christ seated on ground with wrists attached by a long cord to a column on left ; a ray of light proceeds from his head to the heart of a child who, attend- ed by an angel kneels behind him ; instru- ments of the Passion on the ground. Pur- chased in Madrid, carried to England about I860. Curtis, 7. CHRIST IN THE GARDEN, Marco Ba- saili, Venice Academy ; wood, H. 7 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft.; signed, dated 1510. Christ, kneeling on a hillock, at the foot of which the apostles are sleeping, receives the chalice from an angel ; foreground, a portico, at the sides of which stand SS. Louis, Francis, Mark, and Dominic. Painted for S. Giobbe, Venice. A very noble picture. C. & C., N. Italy, i. 263. By C'oi-reggio, Apsley House, England ; wood, H. 1 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 4 in. Jesus kneel- ing in the foreground, with an angel hover- ing over him ; the sleeping disciples and Judas with soldiers in background. Painted probably about 1525 ; formerly in Royal Palace, Madrid ; taken from carriage of Jo- seph Bonaparte at battle of Vittoria ; restored by Duke of Wellington to Ferdinand VH, who sent it back to him as a present. Copies in National Gallery, London ; Uffizi, Flor- ence ; Madrid Museum ; and hi Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Engraved by Volpato, Cur- tius and others. Waagen considers this the most beautiful known representation of the subject. Meyer, Correggio, 333,486; Kdnst. Lex., i. 436 ; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 275 ; Landon, CEuvres, viii. PI. 12 ; Kugler (East- lake), ii. 505. By Carlo Dolci, Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; wood, H. 2 ft. 3 in. x 1 ft. 8 in. Christ kneel- ing, with arms folded and head inclined ; above, an angel, with cross and chalice. Painted for Francesco Quaratesi, Florence, from whose heirs passed to Pitti ; carried to Paris in 1799 ; returned in 1815. Engraved by I. Bonajuti, J. Felsing. Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. PL 33 ; Landon, Musee, x. PI. 11. By Garofalo, Ferrara Gallery ; wood, H. 5 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 2 in. Christ praying on a hillock in the garden of Gethsemnne, with the three apostles sleeping at the foot ; in background, Judas coming with soldiers. Painted for the church of the suppressed convent of S. Silvestro, Ferrara. Vasari, ed. Mil., vi. 465 ; Cat. Ferrara Gal. By Guido Reni, Louvre ; copper, H. 1 ft. 10 in. x 1 ft. 5 in. Christ kneeling in prayer on a rock, while an angel, holding a cross and borne on a cloud, presents him the chal- I ice ; above, other angels with instruments of the Passion ; in background, to right, the apostles asleep ; in distance, Judas guiding ! the soldiers. Belonged to Cardinal Mazarin; ' after his death given by Due de Mazarin to i the Duchesse de Chevreuse, from whom bought by Louis XTV. in 10G8. Engraved by Falck. Landon, Musee, xii. PI. 22. By Andrea Mantegna, Baring Collection, London ; signed. Christ kneeling before five angels bringing him the symbols of the j Passion ; apostles asleep in foreground ; hi I middlegrouud, Judas and Roman soldiers following him ; background, a rocky laud- 887