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 several of which, including this one, were finished by Filippino Lippi after his master's death. The picture represents at right the judgment of St. Peter, and at left his crucifixion. Engraved by C. Lasinio.—Réveil, xi. 757.

By Michelangelo, Cappella Paolina, Vatican, Rome; fresco on wall, under the window.

By Rubens, St. Pierre, Cologne; canvas. Three executioners bind and nail the hands and feet of the martyr to the cross, which a fourth plants in the ground; a fifth holds the Saint's left hand. Rubens's last picture; painted in 1638 for Jabach, who gave it to the church. Executed with the utmost vigour, and finished with great care, it shows no sign of diminished power.—Kugler (Crowe), ii. 286; Michiels, 357.

PETER, ST., IN PRISON, Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 10 ft. × 8 ft. 6 in. In blue tunic and yellow mantle, seated on floor of prison, turning his head towards the angel, who points the way of escape; background, architecture and sleeping guards. Painted about 1674; one of eight large pictures for Hospital of La Caridad, Seville; carried off by Soult; Soult sale (1852), 151,000 francs.—Curtis, 263; L'Illustration, May 31, 1852; Hermitage Cat., 130.

PETER, ST., RAISING TABITHA, Guercino, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, H. 4 ft 4 in. × 5 ft. 5 in. Tabitha lying dead upon a bier, surrounded by weeping women; beside the bier, one of the messengers sent to Lydda, pointing to the corpse, and beside him, St. Peter, with his right hand raised. Black in tone. Engraved by C. Ferrari.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii. Pl. 19; Lavice, 60.

PETER ARBUEZ, ST., Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 9 ft. 6 in. × 6 ft. 9 in. Two executioners, seizing the Saint from behind, attack him with sword and poniard as he kneels on the steps of an altar, looking up to an angel who brings the palm of martyrdom; a night scene. Taken in 1804 from baptistery of Cathedral, Seville, by the Prince of Peace, who left in its place a copy by Joaquin Cortes; purchased for Hermitage in 1831. Repetition in Vatican. Copy in Chapel of Belen, Seville Cathedral; another in Cordova Museum. Etched by M. Arteaga; lithographed by H. Robillard. This Saint, sometimes called St. Peter Martyr, was born in Aragon about 1441; was an efficient aid to Torquemada, and was slain in 1484 in the Cathedral of Saragossa.—Curtis, 264; Hermitage Cat., 131.

PETER MARTYR, ST., Cima da Conegliano, Brera, Milan; wood, H. 10 ft. 6 in. × 7 ft.; signed. The Saint, on a pedestal at the foot of which an angel plays the violoncello, in an arched cloister between SS. Nicholas and Augustin; background, a fine landscape.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 645, 664; Sansovino, Ven. Des., 174.

By Garofalo, Ferrara Gallery; wood, H. 8 ft. 6 in. × 5 ft. 11 in. A group of three figures, with landscape background; above, a glory of angels. Represents death of Peter Martyr, of Verona; some authorities declare, says Lanzi, that it was painted in competition with Titian. Painted for S. Domenico, Ferrara.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vi. 465; Lanzi, iii. 203.

PETER MARTYR, ST., DEATH OF, Domenichino, Bologna Gallery; canvas, H. 10 ft. 9 in. × 7 ft. 2 in. Peter Martyr, lying on the ground beneath trees, is about to be despatched by the sword of a ruffian, while his companion takes to flight; above, five boy angels, one bearing the palm of martyrdom and the crown. The composition is a plagiarism on Titian's celebrated picture of the same subject, simply reversed, treated with extreme and painful realism. From Church of Dominicans at Brisighella. Was taken to Paris. Engraved by Rosaspina. Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 13.—Viardot, 107; Lavice, 21.

By Lorenzo Lotto, S. Pietro Martire, Alzano; wood, figures life-size. Peter Martyr, with the knife in his forehead and the dag