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Table of Philemon and Baucis (1769), Tours Museum.—Bellier, ii. 364; Chennevières, Peintres provinciaux de l'ancienne France, iii. 317.


RESURRECTION, Annibale Carracci, Louvre; canvas, arched, H. 7 ft. 1 in. × 5 ft. 3 in.; signed, dated 1593. Christ, within a glory of angels, has risen from the tomb; one of the soldiers is sleeping on the sepulchre, the seals of which are unbroken; another, at left, runs with a flag; a third, at right, is about to draw his sword; others stricken with fear. Painted for the Luchini, rich merchants; bought for Louis XIV. in 1685 for 4,000 livres. Copy, small with variations, on copper, in Louvre; engraved by G. M. Mitelli.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Landon, Musée, xi. Pl. 33.

Resurrection, Pietro Perugino, Vatican, Rome.

By Filippino Lippi, Munich Gallery; wood, H. 5 ft. × 4 ft. 10 in.; predella, 1 ft. × 4 ft. 10 in. Christ appears to the Virgin with the marks of the Crucifixion on his body; above, in a glory of cherubim, God the Father, with the Virgin and Gabriel kneeling on clouds at sides; below, in landscape, people in adoration. In the predella, Christ rising from the sepulchre, supported by angels and attended on right by SS. Dominic, Clara, and Catharine of Siena; on left, by SS. Francis, Louis of Toulouse, and Bernardino of Siena. Belonged to the Barefoot Monks of Palco, near Prato. The order was given to Domenico Ghirlandajo in 1491, but it was executed by Filippino Lippi in 1495.—C. & C., Italy, ii. 444.

By Francesco Mantegna (?), National Gallery, London; wood, H. 1 ft. 5 in. × 1 ft. Christ, partly clad in a red mantle, stands on edge of the sepulchre, which is built into a pyramidal rock that rises in centre nearly to top of picture; five soldiers at base, four asleep and one watching. The expressions are excellent, and the execution is marked by careful finish. Bought in 1881 from A. W. Thibaudeau for £300.—Athenæum (1881), No. 2807, 216; Richter, 68, 110.

Resurrection, Raffaellino del Garbo, Florence Academy.

By Murillo, Academia S. Fernando, Madrid; canvas, H. 8 ft. × 5 ft. 4 in. Christ ascending, with a red banner in his left

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