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JOAX ed as a peasant girl, standing under the trees, gazing upward with a rapt expression; behind, in the clouds, are spectral figures illustrating different phases of her career. Never engraved. By Sir John Everett Millai*, Bart., W. C. Quil'tcr, Esq., M.P.; canvas, H. 2 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. Represented at the crisis of her fate, clad in armour, and kneeling, lloyal Acad- emy, 18G5. JOAN OF ARC AT CORONATION OF CHARLES VII., Pierre Charles t_'mtc., Reims Museum. As the king, crowned and with his sceptre, descends the steps of the altar, in the midst of the cardinals, bishops, and dignitaries of the realm, Joan, wearing a cuirass and a white mantle, and bearing the Oriflamme, kneels to him. Salon, 1861 ; Universal Exposition, 18G7. Larousse, vi. 114. By Dominique Ir/rci>, Versailles Museum. Standing on the steps of the altar of the Cathedral of Reims, in full armour, bearing in one hand the Oriflamme and pointing with the other toward the altar ; behind her stands Doloy, her esquire, Paquerel, her confessor, and some pages. The corona- tion scene is out of sight of the spectator. Painted in 1854. Larousse, vi. 114. JOAN OF ARC IN PRISON, Paul IHa- riH-hi; Duke of Padua ; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. x f! ft. 10 in. Joan, lying upon a pallet in a prison cell, with chains on her wrists and her hands clasped, is interrogated by the Bishop of Winchester, seated in an arm- chair ; behind him a clerk, standing, records her answers in a book. Salon, 1824. En- graved by Reynolds. Annales du Musi'e (1824), i. PI. 32 ; Larousse, vi. 114. JOANES, VICENTE, born in Fuentc de la Higuera, Valencia, in 1523-24, died in Bocairente, Dec. 21, 1579. History and portrait painter ; real name Vicente Juan Macip ; called also Juan de Juanes. Studied in Rome, probably under the disciples of Raphael, of whose style he was one of the ablest imitators. Painted chiefly religious compositions, but was famous for his por- ' traits. On his return from Italy he opened a school at Valencia, where he spent most ' of his life. Works : Life of St. Stephen (5 pictures), Last Supper, Visitation, Martyr- dom of St. Agnes, Coronation of the Virgin, Ecce Homo, Saviour of the World, Melchis- edec, Aaron as High Priest, Christ bearing his Cross, Christ with the Host, Descent from the Cross, Christ in the Garden, por- trait of Don Luis de Castelvi, Madrid Muse-

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Joan of Arc in Prison, Paul Delatoche, Duke of Padua. urn ; Baptism of Christ, Conversion of St. Paul, St. Thomas of Villanueva, Cathedral, Valencia ; Conception, Jesuits' Church, ib. ; Assumption, Museum, ib. ; Visitation of Mary, Carlsruhe Gallery ; Death of the Vir- gin, Dresden Gallery ; St. Anna, St. Domi- nic, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Stirling, i. 354 ; Viardot, Peintres de 1'Espagne, 83 ; Washburn, 39 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole espagnole. JOANNA OF ARAGON, portrait, Raph- ael, Louvre ; wood, transferred to canvas, H. 4 ft. x 3 ft. 3 in. Daughter of Ferdinand of Aragou, Duke of Montalto, and grand- daughter of Ferdinand I., King of Naples, married to Ascauio Colonna, Prince of Tag- liacozzo ; one of the most famous wits and i beauties of the sixteenth century. Seated 344