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 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. Petersburg.—Stirling, i. 439; Viardot, 169; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Madrazo, 579.

TRIUMPH OF CÆSAR. See Cæsar.

TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY, Philipp Veit, Städel Institute, Frankfort; fresco, H. 9 ft. 4 in. × 20 ft.; wings, each, H. 9 ft. 4 in. × 6 ft. 3 in. The introduction into Germany of Art through Christianity. In centre, a female figure representing Christianity, with an angel behind holding an open book, offers a palm branch to the people at right, who are listening 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 dejectedly, turning his head from Christianity; at the left, a group representing Chivalry, Poetry, and Music, with children learning to read; and behind, Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting; the city in background is Frankfort, where the German emperors were elected.—Fürster, ix. 25.

TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY IN GERMANY, Josef Führich, Schack Gallery, Munich; canvas, H. 6 ft. 5 in. × 8 ft. 8 in. The introduction of Christianity into Germany. In centre, between two great trees, a statue of the Virgin enthroned, holding the child, with the inscription on the pedestal; at the base, seated on a stone, a pious hermit teaches children; in front, kneeling, a knight in adoration; at left, two German warriors standing, a huntsman reclining asleep, and a woman cooking, and in background, the chase; at right, monks engaged in ploughing and in felling trees, and in background a church and other buildings.—Fürster, x. 28.

Dispute of the Trinity, Andrea del Sarto, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH, Jan van Eyck, National Museum, Madrid; wood, H. 5 ft. 6 in. (independent of central projection) × 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. Below, a stream of water, in which sacramental