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 boats which men are loading with hay; on the bank, a loaded hay-cart drawn by two horses, another by one horse, a man on horseback with a peasant woman behind, and other figures. Engraved by Dupreel, Bovinet. Taken to Paris, but restored in 1815.—Musée français; Filhol, ii. Pl. 99; Smith, i. 323.

CHARIOT RACE, J. L. Gérôme. See Circus Maximus.

CHARIOT RACE, Alexander Wagner, George Kirchner & Co., New York; canvas, H. 5 ft. 6 in. × 12 ft. 6 in. Race of four-horse chariots, driven by Christian slaves, in the Circus Maximus, Rome, in time of Domitian, A.D. 81, the prize being life and freedom. Scene—the end of the race; the winner, the driver of the grays, is about to pass the line when he hears the bays coming up behind at his left, and is for a moment startled lest the victory be snatched from his grasp. Painted in 1876, by order of Messrs. Kirchner & Co., for Philadelphia Exposition, where it was awarded a medal. Original sketch (1873), medal at Vienna, now owned in London.

CHARITY, William Adolphe Bouguereau, J. W. Drexel, New York; canvas, H. 9 ft. × 5 ft. Female figure, draped, seated on a marble bench, with architectural background, with left foot resting upon an overturned jar, from which coins are escaping; she holds three infants in her arms, and two others nestle at her feet. Salon, 1874; Replica, landscape background, Samuel Hawk Collection, New York; Study, Henry Hilton, New York. Photogravure in Art Treas. of Amer. ii. 30; iii. 17.

By Domenichino, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 6 ft. 5 in. Female figure, with children. Purchased in 1845 for 600 thalers from heirs of Inspector Matthei.

By Guido Reni, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, oval, H. 3 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 8 in. A woman, half-length, and three children, one of which she supports with her right arm while nursing a second; the third takes hold of her robe. In Guido's first manner. Engraved by I. S. Klauber; A. Dalcò.—Wicar, i. Part 9; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii. Pl. 82.

By Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Henry Probasco, Cincinnati. Originally called Mutterliebe (mother-love). Female figure, seated, with several children. Replica, in small, Henry C. Gibson, Philadelphia; crayon study, J. P. Morgan, New York; do., E. D. Morgan Collection, New York. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America, i. 68; iii. 7.

By Rubens, Potsdam Gallery (?); copper, H. 2 ft. 3 in. × 1 ft. 8 in. A beautiful woman bending down to caress three infants. Engraved by Galle; Surugue.—Smith, ii. 110.

Charity, Andrea del Sarto, Louvre.

By Andrea del Sarto, Louvre; wood, transferred to canvas, H. 5 ft. 11 in. × 4 ft. 6 in.; signed, dated 1518. A woman with three children, one at her feet asleep and two in her lap, to one of which she is giving the breast. Painted in France for Francis I. Copy in Nantes Museum. Engraved by P. Audouin; Massard; Salmon.—Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 30;