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 CHRIST CHRIST, INFANT, Murillo, Matthias H. Arnot, Elmira, N. Y. ; canvas, H. 2 ft. 1 in. x 1 ft 8 in. Infant Christ, sleeping, holding a crook, with a skull and a scroll ; in background, angels guarding sheep. Duke of Hamilton sale (1882), 2,415. In- correctly called St. John Baptist by Waagen. Waagen, Treasures, iii. 301 ; Curtis, 248. CHEIST GIVING KEYS TO PETER, Guido Hem, Louvre ; canvas, H. 11 ft. 3 in. X 10 ft. 2 in. At left, surrounded by Apos- tles, Christ gives keys of Church to the kneeling Peter. In Guide's second manner. From Musee Napoleon. Landon, Vies, xxii. PI. 10. CHRIST AND THE MAGDALEN. See Noli me tangere. CHRIST AND THE MAGDALEN, Rem- brandt, Buckingham Palace ; wood, H. 2 ft. X 1 ft. 8 in.; signed, dated 1638. Christ, as a gardener, in a white robe and straw hat, with a spade in his hand, is worshipped by Mary Magdalen, at dawn of morning ; in background, the entrance to the sepul- chre, in which two angels are seen ; in dis- tance, two disciples approaching. Pur- chased (1736) by Elector of Hesse Cassel of Mad. de Reuver ; taken in 1806 to Malmai- son ; at M. sale (1816) taken to England, where bought by George IV. Waagen, Art Treasures, ii. 5 ; Smith, vii. 44. Subject treated also by Lorenzo di Credi, Uffizi, Florence ; Agnolo Bronziuo, Louvre ; Fr. Albani, ib. ; Simone Cantarini, Munich Gallery ; Onorio Marinari, S. M. Maggiore, Florence ; Lavinia Fontana, Uffizi, ib. ; Giro Ferri, Vienna Museum ; Fr. Bassano, Dres- den Gallery ; Aug. Brauu, ib. ; Jan van Ma- buse, Brussels Museum ; Mariotto Alberti- nelli, Louvre ; Eustace Lesueur, ib. CHRIST AND THE MARYS, Andrea Mantegna, Brera, Milan ; wood, tempera, H. 2 ft. 2 in. X 2 ft. 8 in. The dead Christ be- wailed by the Marys. Painted before 1474. Long in Palazzo Gonzaga, Mantua, whence carried off in 1630 by Bishop of Mantua ; in Cardinal Mazarin's palace in Rome in 1696 ; bought, beginning of this century, by Giu- seppe Bossi and taken to Milan. It is in Mantegna's grandest style. C. & C., N. Italy, i. 394 CHRIST AND THE MONEY CHAN- GERS, Jakob JordaenK, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 9 ft. 6 in. x 14 ft. 4 in. At right, Christ armed with a scourge ; in centre, a confused group, among which are an ass, a dog bark- ing, a sheep, a young man with his bench overturned, and a woman suckling her child ; at left, a negro holding an ass and an old woman putting birds into a cage ; in background, publicans and other figures. Villot, Cat. Louvre. Subject treated also by Francesco Bassa- no, Dresden Museum ; Jacopo Bassano, National Gallery, London, Madrid Museum ; Peter Bassin, St. Petersburg Academy. CHRIST HEALING THE PARALYTIC, or Christ at Pool of Bethesda, Anton van Christ Healing the Paralytic, Murillo, Orwell Park. Dyck, Buckingham Palace ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. Five figures, life-size, seen to knees. The paralytic, restored, is bending in adoration before Christ, in cen- tre of the group ; on his left, John ; on his right, two other disciples. Long attributed to Rubens, and sold as his work for 3,700 florins at Brussels in 1758 ; Verhulst sale (1779), under Van Dyck's name, 4,777 fl.: Panvels sale (1803), 11,666 fl.; Van Alpen sale (1810), 19,200 fl.; La Fontaine sale 290