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 Procession to Calvary, Mignard, Louvre.

Calvary by a winding path; Christ in centre bearing the cross, the two malefactors being on the nearer path. A strong and effective picture.—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 353.

By Tintoretto, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 2 ft. 4 in. × 2 ft. 7 in. Christ falling under the weight of the cross, with Simon of Cyrene aiding him; behind, the Virgin, Mary Magdalen, and St. John; in front the two thieves, bound; soldiers, mounted and on foot, and rabble.—Gal. de Vienne, i. Pl. 48.

By Paolo Veronese, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 5 ft. 8 in. × 14 ft. 6 in. Christ falling under the weight of the cross, which he is carrying amid a troop of mounted men and rabble; St. Veronica, with her handkerchief, thrust back by one attendant and struck at with a knotted cord by another, is trying to reach him; behind, the Virgin, fainting, is sustained by St. John, a portrait of Veronese. From the Modena collection. Restored by Schirmer in 1857. Engraved by Mitelli; Preisler.—Gal. royale de Dresde, i. Pl. 16; Ruskin, Mod. Painters, v. 230; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 57.

Subject also treated by Pieter Brueghel, the younger, Berlin Museum.

CALVI, LAZZARO, born in Genoa in 1502, died there in 1587. Genoese school; son of Agostino Calvi, a respectable painter of Lombard origin; pupil of Perino del Vaga at same time with his elder brother, Pantaleo Calvi (died 1595). The brothers painted much in collaboration in Genoa, Naples, and other places, Lazzaro painting the principal parts and Pantaleo the ornamental portions. Lazzaro, vain and envious, depreciated the works of others, and even resorted to poison to rid himself of rivals. Defeated in competition with Andrea Semini and Luca Cambiaso, he gave up painting and led a seafaring life for twenty years, but finally returned to his profession. Among his best examples are: Phaeton, Apollo, etc., ceiling of hall, Palazzo Grimaldi, Genoa; Glory of Saints, choir S. Catterina, Genoa.