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 MAR11EL MAREEL (Morel), JACOB, bom at gin and five other figures, fit a table in a Utrecht in 1614 (?), died at Frankfort in | hall ; near him a small dog ; he points to 1(185. German school ; flower and fruit the wine jars which are being filled by at- paiuter, pupil at Frankfort of Georg Flegel tendants, one of whom is a negro ; other (1563-1638), whom he surpassed in compo- attendants waiting on guests ; Second man- sition and colouring. Married at Frankfort the widow of Merian, the elder. Works : nor. Julienne sale (1767), 6,000 livres ; 1'Abbo Guillaume sale (1769), 6,432 livres ; Wreath with Insects and small Landscape, Prince de Conti sale (1777), 9,060 livres ; (1(555), Flower Groups around Architecture, Boileau sale (1779 or 1782?), 5,010 francs ; Darmstadt Museum ; Wreath of Flowers G. Hibbert sale (1829), 819. Curtis, 191. By Searseliino, Ferrara Gallery ; canvas, H. 9 ft. 3 in. x 19 ft. 8 in. A vast composi- tion with many figures and an ar- chitectural back- ground. For- merly in the con- vent of the Cer- tosa, Ferrara. Cat. Ferrara Gal. By Tintoretto, Sacristy of S. M. della Salute, Ven- ice ; canvas, H. about 15 ft. x 25 ft.; signed. The table is set length- wise, instead of crosswise as usu- al, along one side of a large court ; Christ seated at farther end, conversing with the person on his left ; the guests, arranged along the sides of the table, men on one side, women on the other, await the newly made wine ; servants and other attendants in foreground and in dis- tance. Painted about 1561, for brotherhood of the Crociferi ; formerly in a church on the Island of S. Spirito. Ruskin says, " this picture unites colour as rich as Titian's, with light and shade as forcible as Rembrandt's, and far more decisive." Replica intheUffizi. Engraved by G. Volpato; O. Fialetti. Rus- kin. Stones of Venice, iii. 355; Zanotti, 558. By Paolo Veronese, Brera, Milan ; canvas, Marriage at Cana, Tintoretto, S. M della Salute, Venice. around Coat of Arms (1658), Historical So- ciety, New York. Kramm, iv. 1155. MARRIAGE AT CANA [John ii. 1-12J, Moretto, S. Fermo, Lonigo ; canvas, life-size. Christ at the table is surrounded by the guests, who wonder as the drawer orders the wine to be poured into a fresh flask. Paint- ed about 1544 ; in refectory of convent till 1819, when removed to choir of church. Worthy to be placed beside the Feast in the House of Simon. Unfortunately much in- jured. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 410. By MuriJh, Marquis of Aylesbury, Wilt- shire, England ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. The Saviour seated, with the Vir- 204