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 VE11ONESE ings or reveal to the mind the hidden springs of character. He fills his canvases with men and women, in the rich costumes of the time, sitting or standing near heavy- laden banqueting tables, relieved against modern architectural backgrounds, and sur- rounded by musicians, pages, attendants, dogs, birds, and other objects, grouped in the foreground with masterly effect. His children are charming, his women models of sensuous beauty, his mythological sub- jects are especially well treated, and his por- traits are remarkably life-like. Among his works are : Rape of Europa, Venice En- throned, Venice with Justice and Peace, and others, Palazzo Ducale, Venice ; Supper of St. Gregory, Convent of Monte Berico, Vi- cenza ; Venice and Doge Sebastian Venier ; Feast in House of Levi, Annunciation, Vir- gin and St. Dominick, Madonna with Saints, Assumption, Venice Academy ; Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, Martyrdom of SS. Hark and Marcellinus, Madonna and Saints, Bap- tism of Christ, Two Marys, and others, S. Sebastiano, Venice ; Fall of Manna, SS. Apostoli, ib. ; Marriage of St. Catherine, S. Caterina, ib. ; Martyrdom of St. George, S. Giorgio Maggiore, Verona ; Martyrdom of St. Afra, S. Afra, Brescia ; Martyrdom of St. Justina, S. Giustina, Padua ; Baptism of Christ, Separation of Christ, Marys at the Sepulchre, Presentation in Temple, St. Bene- dict, Fercwese's Wife, Pitti, Florence ; Martyr- dom of St. Justina, Annunciation, Holy Fami- ly, Esther before Ahasuerus, Uffizi, Florence ; Feast in House of the Pharisee, St. Anthony, Marriage at Cana, Adoration of Magi, Brera, Milan ; Judith, Palazzo Brignole-Sale, Gen- oa ; Marriage of St. Catherine, Susanna, Accademia di S. Luca, Rome ; Rape of Eu- ropa, Magdalen, Capitol ; Venus and Cupid, John the Baptist, Palazzo Borghese ; St. Helena, Vatican ; Queen of Sheba and Solo- mon, Feast in House of Simon the Pharisee, Finding of Moses, Turin Gallery ; Adoration of Magi, Madonna with Saints, Marriage at Cana, Procession to Calvary, Susanna, Find- ing of Moses, Centurion before Christ, Sup- per at Emmaus, Presentation in Temple, Leda and the Swan, Dresden Gallery ; Repose in Egypt, Adoration of Magi, Death of Cleo- patra, Munich Gallery ; Christ in House of Jairus, Adoration of Magi, Annunciation, Judith, St. Jerome, Vienna Museum ; Mar- riage at Cana, Jupiter destroying Crimes, Feast in House of the Pharisee, Supper at Emmaus, Rebekah (?), Esther before Ahasue- rus, Susanna, Lot and his Daughters, Ma- donna with Saints (2), Louvre ; Venus and Adonis, Christ and Centurion, Christ and Doctors, Magdalen, Madonna with Saints, Marriage at Cana, /Susanna, Cain and his Wife, Finding of Moses, Calvary, Woman taken in Adultery, and others, Madrid Mu- seum ; Repose in Egypt, Pietd, Mars and Venus, Holy Family and St. Catherine, Her- mitage, St. Petersburg ; Adoration of Magi, Vision of St. Helena, Family of Darius, Con- secration of St. Nicholas, National Gallery, London ; Mars and Venus, Venus and Ado- nis, National Gallery, Edinburgh ; Mercury and Herse, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ; Hercules led by Wisdom, Veronese between Virtue and Vice, Hope Collection, London ; Leda and the Swan, Munro Butler-Johnstone Collection, ib. ; Death of Adonis, Judgment of Solomon, Bridgewater House, ib. ; Supper at Emmaus, Stafford House, ib. ; Adoration of Magi, Devonshire House, ib. ; Judgment of Paris, Earl of Wemyss, ib. ; Happy Love, Infidelity, Respect, Disgust, Cobham Hall, near Rochester, England. Vasari, ed. Le Mon., ix. 185; xi. 249, 337 ; ed. Mil., vi. 369 ; Baldiuucci, ii. 431 ; Ridolfi, Ma- raviglie, ii. 1 ; Burckhardt, 82, 246, 745, 752 ; Dohme, 2iii. ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole venitienne ; Zeitschr. f. b. K, v. 196; xii. 357; xiii. 388 ; xiv. 64. VERONESE BETWEEN VIRTUE AND VICE, Paolo Veronese, Hope Collection, London ; canvas, H. 6 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. 2 in. A man, said to be Veronese himself, flees from a woman with the hands of a harpy, holding a pack of cards, to embrace Virtue, represented by a beautiful woman. From ilium Ji;ui, ft.