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PETERS ger in his breast, points to the ground, temporarily in 1807, during repairs in the where the first word of the creed is written church, to the Chapel of the Rosary, and in the sand ; near him, the two murderers ; burned there, in the night of Aug. 10,' with in iniddleground, to right, the companion other valuable pictures. Copy by Cardi da friar fleeing ; in background, a grove where Cigoli, once in the Uffizi, now in the origi- woodmen fell trees and herdsmen tend nal picture's place in the church. Another flocks, with hills in distance ; above, God old copy in S. Domeuico, Aucoua. Engraved the Father with winged children and cherubim. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 505. By Titian, burned in the Chapel of the Rosary, in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Aug. 10, 1807 ; wood (transferred to canvas in Paris in 1799), arched at top, H. 10 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. The Saint wounded, lying prostrate at the edge of a wood, the hired murderer grasping his mantle and bending over to strike the fatal blow with his sword; to the left, the Saint's companion flying in terror ; to the right, in the distance, the suborner of the murder in armour on horseback, with a satellite hurry- ing from the scene ; above, two an- gels with the palm of martyrdom ; background, a mountain landscape. St. Peter Martyr, born in Verona about 1205, was director of the In- quisition in N. Italy under Gregory IX. and Innocent IV., and persecut- ed the heretics of Milan with so much zeal that they assassinated him. This was one of the great mas- terpieces of the world. The dra- matic power of the figures, the in- effable charm of the descending an- gels, the grandeur of the landscape background, and the incomparable Death of st Peter Mar1yr ' T ' tian ' harmony of tone can never be forgotten by | by Rota, Lefebre, Laurent, Zuliani, and those who were privileged to see it. It was others. Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 439 ; C. & C., painted in 1528-30, in competition with Titian, i. 328 ; Boschini, Navegar Pittores- Palma Vecchio and Pordenone, for the co, 12 ; Zanotto, Pinacoteca Veneta ; Musee brotherhood of St. Peter Martyr, and placed, franyais, i. ; Filliol, ii. PI. 138; London, April 27, 1530, over their altar in SS. Gio- Musce, iii. PI. 17 ; Klas. der Malerei, i. PI. vanni e Paolo, Venice; earned by the French 57. to Paris, where it was transferred to canvas ; returned to the church in 1816 ; removed PETERS, ANNA, born at Mannheim, February 28, 1843. Flower and landscape -127