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 LAST CARTRIDGES vi. 189 ; Morlo, 252 seldorf. K, 352. Wolfe. Miiller, Diis- LAST CARTRIDGES (Les dernierea car- touches), Alphonse de Neuuillt; private gal- lery. Episode of the battle of Sedan. The marines composing part of the Twelfth rounded by seraphim and cherubim, presides over the judgment, to which souls are called by the trump of angels beneath him ; below his right is the paradise, to which angels dancing in a flowery meadow lead the blessed through a gate ; on his left, the condemned Corps, which held the village of Bazeilles, : and demons. Painted for Convent of the two miles from Sedan, Sept. 1, 1870, fought gallantly until every cartridge was spent. Angeli, Florence. Repetition, with changes, iu Dudley House, London ; a third, nearly The scene represents the interior of a house the same, in Pal. Corsiui, Rome. Vasari, in the thick of the battle, its ceiling rent by I ed. Mil., ii. 515 ; C. & C., Italy, i. 586 ; La- rousse, ix. 1080. By Fra Bartolommeo, S. M. Nuova, Florence ; fres- co, 12 ft. sq., arched at top. Above, Christ sitting in judgment, in a glory of cherubs' heads, with Apos- tles on clouds on each side ; middle, a seraph with in symbols of the Passion and Redemption, and on each side an angel with a trum- pet ; below, Michael divid- ing the wicked from the blessed. Painted in 1498- 99 on wall of the cloister cemetery of S. M. Nuova ; lower part, left incomplete when he became a monk, finished by Mariotto Alber- tinelli. The figure to the right of Christ, looking downward, is a portrait of Era Angelico. The picture Last Judgment, Fra Bartolommeo, S. M. Nuova, Florence. a shell, its doors unhinged, and furniture shattered ; at left, several marines are firing their last cartridges through a broken win- dow, under the direction of a wounded offi- cer, who leans for support against a book- case ; at right, a soldier whose ammunition is expended stands nonchalantly with his hands in his pockets ; iu background, through the open door, is seen the glare and smoke of battle, with many figures. Salon, 1873. LAST JUDGMENT, Fra A ngdico, Flor- has been sawed from the wall and placed in the court, where it is fast decaying. Vasa- ri, ed. Mil., iv. 177 ; C. & C., Italy, iii. 436. By Peter von Cornelius, Ludwigs Kirche, Munich ; fresco, on wall back of high altar, H. 60 ft. x 40 ft. Above, Christ sitting as judge, amongst saints and angels, with the Virgin and John Baptist kneeling at sides ; on his left are Abraham, Noah, Moses, and David ; on his right, Peter, James, John, and Paul ; beneath him, angels sounding trumpets, and the book of life and death. ence Academy. The Saviour on high, sur- 1 Below, left, the damned, with hell and 84