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 while his right is raised in benediction; on sides, SS. Mark and John, SS. Matthew and Luke. Below, two little angels seated on step holding symbol of the earth. The Prophets Jacob and Isaiah, now in the Tribune of the Uffizi, were painted on the wings of this altarpiece. Painted for Salvadore Billi, who placed it in SS. Annunziata de' Servi; bought by Carlo de' Medici in 1618 for his private chapel, a copy by Jacopo da Empoli being placed in the church in its stead; on the death of the Cardinal (1663) removed to Palazzo Pitti; carried to Paris in 1799; returned in 1814. Engraved by G. B. Gatti.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 190; C. & C., Italy, iii. 466; Marchese, ii. 123, 145; Landon, Musée, 2d Col., i. Pl. 1; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl. 31; Ch. Blanc, École florentine.

CHRIST, FLAGELLATION OF. See Flagellation.

CHRIST AFTER FLAGELLATION, Velasquez, Sir John Savile Lumley, H. B. M. Minister at Brussels; three figures, full length, life size. Christ seated on ground with wrists attached by a long cord to a column on left; a ray of light proceeds from his head to the heart of a child who, attended by an angel kneels behind him; instruments of the Passion on the ground. Purchased in Madrid, carried to England about 1860.—Curtis, 7.

CHRIST IN THE GARDEN, Marco Basaiti, Venice Academy; wood, H. 7 ft. 3 in. × 2 ft.; signed, dated 1510. Christ, kneeling on a hillock, at the foot of which the apostles are sleeping, receives the chalice from an angel; foreground, a portico, at the sides of which stand SS. Louis, Francis, Mark, and Dominic. Painted for S. Giobbe, Venice. A very noble picture.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 263.

By Correggio, Apsley House, England; wood, H. 1 ft. 2 in. × 1 ft. 4 in. Jesus kneeling in the foreground, with an angel hovering over him; the sleeping disciples and Judas with soldiers in background. Painted probably about 1525; formerly in Royal Palace, Madrid; taken from carriage of Joseph Bonaparte at battle of Vittoria; restored by Duke of Wellington to Ferdinand VII., who sent it back to him as a present. Copies in National Gallery, London; Uffizi, Florence; Madrid Museum; and in Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Engraved by Volpato, Curtius and others. Waagen considers this the most beautiful known representation of the subject.—Meyer, Correggio, 333, 486; Künst. Lex., i. 436; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 275; Landon, Œuvres, viii. Pl. 12; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 505.

By Carlo Dolci, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, H. 2 ft. 3 in. × 1 ft. 8 in. Christ kneeling, with arms folded and head inclined; above, an angel, with cross and chalice. Painted for Francesco Quaratesi, Florence, from whose heirs passed to Pitti; carried to Paris in 1799; returned in 1815. Engraved by I. Bonajuti, J. Felsing.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl. 33; Landon, Musée, x. Pl. 11.

By Garofalo, Ferrara Gallery; wood, H. 5 ft. 11 in. × 4 ft. 2 in. Christ praying on a hillock in the garden of Gethsemane, with the three apostles sleeping at the foot; in background, Judas coming with soldiers. Painted for the church of the suppressed convent of S. Silvestro, Ferrara.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vi. 465; Cat. Ferrara Gal.

By Guido Reni, Louvre; copper, H. 1 ft. 10 in. × 1 ft. 5 in. Christ kneeling in prayer on a rock, while an angel, holding a cross and borne on a cloud, presents him the chalice; above, other angels with instruments of the Passion; in background, to right, the apostles asleep; in distance, Judas guiding the soldiers. Belonged to Cardinal Mazarin; after his death given by Duc de Mazarin to the Duchesse de Chevreuse, from whom bought by Louis XIV. in 1668. Engraved by Falck.—Landon, Musée, xii. Pl. 22.

By Andrea Mantegna, Baring Collection, London; signed. Christ kneeling before five angels bringing him the symbols of the Passion; apostles asleep in foreground; in middleground, Judas and Roman soldiers following him; background, a rocky land