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 LAZARUS By Giotto, S. M. dell' Arena, Padua ; help, out of his grave-clothes ; in rear, fresco oil wall. One of same series as Last Martha and others, offended in their nos- Judgment by Giotto. C. & C., i. 271. trils, cover their faces, while the apostles By Guercijw, Louvre ; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 look on ; near Christ, some fall on their in. x 7 ft. 8 in. Composition of eight fig- knees and believe ; background, a river and ures. Christ, standing, extends his arm a bridge, with buildings on a hill, the houses towards Lazarus, from whose body a yonng like those of the Trasteverc suburb of Rome, man removes the winding-sheet ; Mary and and the ruin a reminiscence of the Basilica Martha, sisters of Lazarus, are the one on her knees beside Christ, the other near the sepulchre with two disciples ; at right, a man leaning over the grave holds his nose. Collection of Louis XVI.; acquired in 1785. Engraved by V. Denon ; J. B. Pasqualini. Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Filhol, ii. Gl ; Landon, Musee, vi. PI. 35. By Jean Jouvcnct, Louvre, Paris ; canvas, H. 12 ft. 9 in. x 21 ft. 9 in. ; signed, dated 1706. Jesus, with Martha and Mary kneeling beside him and sur- rounded by many others, stands on the steps of the sepulchre with his left hand stretched out towards Lazarus, who, aided by several men, one bearing a torch, is rising from the tomb at right. Jouvenet himself, with his daugh- ters, is among the spectators in the first plane. Painted for the Church of Saiut-Martin-des- Champs ; repetition, made by or- der of Louis XIV. to be repro- duced in Gobelins tapestry, now in Lille Museum ; tapestry given tO Peter the Great, When he vis- Raisin S of Lazarus ' Sebastian dol Pionnbo, National Gallery, London. ited the Gobelins. Original engraved by of Constantiue. Painted in 1519, in rivalry Jean Audran ; Duchange. Landon, Musc-e, with the Transfiguration of Raphael ; exe- iv. 61 ; Monteil, Histoire des Franyais des cuted, according to Vasari, under the super- divers l5tats, vii. ; Larousse, x. 279. intendence, and after the designs, of Michel- By Sebastian del Piombo, National Gal- angelo. It is probable that the latter gave lery, London ; wood, transferred to canvas, drawings for several of the figures, but of H. 12 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. 5 in. Mary at the feet his superintendence we have no proof. Or- of Christ, who stands with a gesture of com- dered by Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, who mand ; Lazarus leaning against side of sep- sent it to his bishopric in Narbonne, where ulchre, under a large tree, struggling, with it was hung in the Cathedral ; later in Or-