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 ii GABRIEL METSU 259 10. THE KISS OF JUDAS. Christ has been taken prisoner. Judas is kissing him. On the right Peter cuts off Malchus's ear. It is a night-piece, painted about 1650-60. The dominant colour is a strong purplish red in the garments. It is impossible to say definitely whether the picture is by Metsu, since it hangs too high and is too dirty. In the catalogue it is attributed doubtfully to Metsu. Panel, 36 inches by 24 inches. Now in the Accademia, Venice, 1895 catalogue, No. 373. n. Christ mocked. Panel, 15 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 24, 1811, No. 81* (112 florins, Gruyter). 12. Christ crucified. Sales. Amsterdam, May 18, 1706, No. 7 (78 florins). Amsterdam, March 9, 1734, No. 4 (12 florins). I2a. The Crucifixion. The Virgin stands beside the cross in the shadow. She wears a brown dress and a black cloak ; in her right hand she holds a handkerchief, her left hand is stretched out. The Mag- dalen, with long fair hair, kneels at the foot of the cross, with her right hand on her heart and her pot of ointment beside her. She wears a sleeveless yellow gown and a green cloak embroidered with gold. John stands with folded hands j he wears a red costume and a brown cloak, and has his feet bare. In the foreground are two bones and a skull. Canvas, 28 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845, No. 136. 13. TOUCH ME NOT! (Noli me tangere !) Christ stands on the right, facing the spectator, in front of the stone sarcophagus within the cave of burial. He grasps in his left hand the vermilion robe which covers his body and left shoulder j with the right hand he motions back the Magdalen, who kneels on the left. She wears a yellowish-brown silk dress, a light blue cloak embroidered with gold, and a white chemisette ; with outstretched hands she turns in profile to the right towards Christ. Her pot of ointment stands upon a white cloth spread in the foreground; to the right of it are a spade and a plant with a blue flower. Upon the sarcophagus, the front of which is decorated with a shell pattern, are two flower-pots, in one of which is a gillyflower plant. Behind the Magdalen is the entrance of the cave, giving a view of Golgotha and of a cloudy sky. Signed on the upper edge of the sarcophagus "G. Metsue, 1667"; panel, 25! inches by 20 inches. Sale. H. de Kat, Paris, May 2, 1866, No. 48 (1280 francs). In Herr Von Oppolzer's collection, Innsbruck ; purchased from the dealer Helbing, of Munich. Now in the Kunsthistorische Hofmuseum, Vienna. 14. Bacchus and Venus in a Triumphal Car. An old man kneels in the left foreground ; a youth with wings holds out a skull to