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 TRANSFIGURATION wood, H. 5 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 9 in. ; signed. Christ, between the prophets Moses and Elias, is rising from the ground ; below, the wonder-stricken apostles just roused from sleep. Painted about 1475-80 ; for- merly in Farnese Collection, Parma. C. & Transfiguration, Raphael, Vatican, Rome. C., N. Italy, i. 159 ; Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 415 ; Museo Borbonico, iii. PL 34. By Lodovico Carracci, Bologna Gallery ; canvas, H. 13 ft. 4 in. x 8 ft. 2 in. Christ in glory, between Moses and Elias ; below, three apostles gazing upward in awe. For- merly in Church of Convent of S. Pietro Martire, Bologna. Pinac. di Bologna, PI. 11 ; Reveil, x. 656. By Raphael, Vatican, Rome ; wood, H. 13 ft. 4 in. x 9 ft. 3 in. In two parts : 1. The Transfiguration. Christ floating in a glory of light, with Moses on his right and Elias on his left ; below them the summit of a mountain (Tabor?), on which lie prostrate Peter, James, and John, dazzled by the light from above ; at left, SS. Julian and Law- rence, kneeling in adora- tion, supposed to have been added at the request of Giulio tie' Medici in hon- our of his father and uncle, who were named after them. 2. The Demoniac Boy (Matt., xvii. 14 ; Mark, ix. 14 ; Luke ix. 37). At the base of the mountain, at right, a confused crowd of men and women is bring- ing a boy possessed of an evil spirit to be cured by the disciples, the remain- ing nine of whom are grouped at left, expressing by various gestures their inability to aid the sufferer, who is held by his father. Raphael's last work, begun in 1519 for Cardinal Giu- lio de' Medici, who intend- ed it for the Cathedral of Narbonne, France, in his bishopric, and who ordered at the same time the Rais- ing of Lazarus, from Se- bastiano del Piombo. Raphael finished only the upper part ; the lower part was painted by Giulio Romano from the mas- ter's designs, after his death. The picture hung over Raphael's body, as it lay in state, and was carried to the Pantheon in 294