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 *tween the two thieves; at left, St. John and the holy women; at right, soldiers playing dice and two others mounted; in background, Jerusalem and rocks. Fragment of predella of altarpiece of S. Zeno, Verona; two other parts in Tours Museum. Engraved by G. Maina.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.

By Gerard Van der Meire, S. Bavon, Ghent; triptych. Centre panel, the Crucifixion; wings, Moses striking the Rock, and the Brazen Serpent. Remarkable for number of figures introduced, but not for skilful distribution.—C. & C., Flemish Painters, 147; Kugler (Eastlake), i. 88.

By Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 3 ft. 3 in. × 2 ft. Christ suspended on the cross, at the foot of which, at left, stand St. John and the Virgin; at right, St. Mary Magdalen, kneeling, looking front, embracing the Saviour's feet; in background, the towers of Jerusalem. From Houghton Gallery; appraised at £150. Repetition, with changes: Mr. Spannocchia, New York.—Curtis, 201; Houghton Gal., i. 46.

By Raphael, Earl Dudley, London; wood, H. 8 ft. 6 in. × 5 ft. 7 in.; signed. Christ on a high cross, with an angel in the air on each side, collecting in a vase the blood from his wounds; above the cross, both the sun and the moon; below, on right the Virgin standing and St. Jerome kneeling, on left Mary Magdalen kneeling and St. John standing. Not distinguishable from Perugino's work, but certainly by Raphael; painted about 1500 for Cappella Gavri or Gavari in Dominican church at Città di Castello, whence sold, about 1800, for 4,000 scudi; passed to Fesch Collection, whence bought, in 1845, for 10,000 scudi by Prince Canino, who sold it in 1847 to Lord Ward, now Earl Dudley. Engraved by L. Gruner for German edition of Passavant.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 318; Passavant, ii. 9; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 232; C. & C., Raphael, i. 119, 135; Rossini, Pl. ccxii.

By Rubens, Antwerp Museum; canvas, H. 14 ft. × 10 ft. 2 in. The three crosses on Calvary at evening; the Saviour, who has yielded up the ghost, has bowed his head upon his breast; on his right, the believing malefactor; on his left, the other having his legs broken by the executioner; on the right, two soldiers on horseback, one of whom is piercing the Saviour's side with a spear, while Mary Magdalen, at the foot of the cross, looks at him with horror; in front, the Virgin, Mary wife of Cleophas, and St. John. Sir Joshua Reynolds calls this the most carefully finished of all Rubens' works, and one of the first pictures in the world. Presented to Church of the Recollets, Antwerp, in 1620, by Nicolaas Rockox, burgomaster. Carried to Paris; returned in 1815. Engraved by Bolswert; Aubert; Val. Green.—Smith, ii. 13; Beechey, Reynolds, ii. 177.

By Tintoretto, S. Cassiano, Venice; canvas. The three crosses on right; centre occupied by executioners, one of whom, standing on a ladder, receives from the other the sponge and the tablet; the Virgin and St. John at left; in background, a group of Roman soldiers. An excellent picture, not often surpassed by the master.—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 289.

By Tintoretto, SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; canvas, H. about 12 ft. × 15 ft. "A picture of about fifty figures, not one of which injures or contends with another. As a piece of colour, and light and shade, it is altogether marvellous."—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 305.

By Tintoretto, Scuola di S. Rocco, Venice; canvas, signed and dated 1565. Covering the whole of one wall of the Sala dell' Albergo. Ruskin says it is beyond all analysis and above all praise. Tintoretto was paid 280 ducats for this work, and was made member of the confraternity, with commission to adorn the Church and the Scuola with pictures. Engraved by Agos. Carracci (1589).—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 353; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Zanotto, 449; Bartsch, xviii. 51.

By Titian, S. Domenico, Ancona; canvas, arched on top, figures life-size. Christ on the cross, at foot of which are St. Dominic,