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 TRISTAN BRIS on the pedestal ; tit the base, seated on :i stone, a pious hermit teaches chil- dren ; in front, kneeling, a knight in adora- tion ; at left, two German warriors stand- ing, a huntsman reclining asleep, and a woman cooking, and in background, the chase ; at right, monks engaged in plough- ing and in felling trees, and in background a church and other buildings. FUrster, x. 28. TRISTAN, LUIS, born near Toledo in 1586, died in Toledo in 1640. Spanish school ; pupil of El Greco, whom he excelled in design and equalled in execution. In 1616 he painted a series of pictures for the Church of Yepes, considered his best works. Velasquez greatly admired him and left the studio of Pacheco to study his pictures, many of which are in Toledo. Works : St. Anthony and others, Cathedral ; St. Louis giving Alms, S. Pedro Martir ; Last Supper, Convent de la Sisla ; Male Portrait, Madrid Museum ; Portrait of Lope de Vega, Hermitage, St. Pe- tersburg. Stirling, i. 439 ; Viardot, 169 ; Ch. Blanc, cole espagnole ; Madrazo, 579. TRIUMPH OF C^SAR. See Cce- sar. TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY, Philipp Veil, Stadel Institute, Frank- fort ; fresco, H. 9 ft 4 in. x20 ft; wings, each, H. 9 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. The introduction into Germany of Art through Christianity. In centre, a female figure representing Chris- tianity, with an angel behind holding an open book, offers a palm branch to the people at right, who are lis- tening to St. Boniface, who stands with one foot on the Druid oak, just felled ; in front a bard, the strings of his harp broken, is sitting deject- edly, turning his head from Chris- tianity ; at the left, a group repre- senting Chivalry, Poetry, and Music, with children learning to read ; and behind, Architecture, Sculpture, and Paint- TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH, Jan van Di>pute of the Trinityi Andre, <,., Ptlalo Plttl, F io.nce. ing ; the city in background is Frankfort, where the German emperors were elected. FUrster, ix. 25. TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY IN GERMANY, Josef Fiihrich, Schack Gallery, Munich ; canvas, H. 6 ft. 5 in. x 8 ft. 8 in. The introduction of Christianity into Ger- many. In centre, between two great trees, a statue of the Virgin enthroned, holding the child, with the inscription LUX IN TENB- Eyck, National Museum, Madrid ; wood, H. 5 ft. 6 in. (independent of central projection) x 5 ft. In three parts. In the upper part the Almighty, enthroned under a Gothic canopy, holds a sceptre in the left hand and raises the right in benediction ; on one side sits the Virgin reading, on the other St. John the Evangelist writing ; at the foot of the Almighty lies the Immaculate Lamb. Be- low, a stream of water, in which sacramental S99