By Giotto, S. M. dell' Arena, Padua; fresco on wall. One of same series as Last Judgment by Giotto.—C. & C., i. 271.
By Guercino, Louvre; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 in. × 7 ft. 8 in. Composition of eight figures. Christ, standing, extends his arm towards Lazarus, from whose body a young man removes the winding-sheet; Mary and Martha, sisters of Lazarus, are the one on her knees beside Christ, the other near the sepulchre with two disciples; at right, a man leaning over the grave holds his nose. Collection of Louis XVI.; acquired in 1785. Engraved by V. Denon; J. B. Pasqualini.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Filhol, ii. 61; Landon, Musée, vi. Pl. 35.
By Jean Jouvenet, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 12 ft. 9 in. × 21 ft. 9 in.; signed, dated 1706. Jesus, with Martha and Mary kneeling beside him and surrounded by many others, stands on the steps of the sepulchre with his left hand stretched out towards Lazarus, who, aided by several men, one bearing a torch, is rising from the tomb at right. Jouvenet himself, with his daughters, is among the spectators in the first plane. Painted for the Church of Saint-Martin-des-Champs; repetition, made by order of Louis XIV. to be reproduced in Gobelins tapestry, now in Lille Museum; tapestry given to Peter the Great, when he visited the Gobelins. Original engraved by Jean Audran; Duchange.—Landon, Musée, iv. 61; Monteil, Histoire des Français des divers États, vii.; Larousse, x. 279.
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Raising of Lazarus, Sebastian del Piombo, National Gallery, London.
By Sebastian del Piombo, National Gallery, London; wood, transferred to canvas, H. 12 ft. 6 in. × 9 ft. 5 in. Mary at the feet of Christ, who stands with a gesture of command; Lazarus leaning against side of sepulchre, under a large tree, struggling, with help, out of his grave-clothes; in rear, Martha and others, offended in their nostrils, cover their faces, while the apostles look on; near Christ, some fall on their knees and believe; background, a river and a bridge, with buildings on a hill, the houses like those of the Trastevere suburb of Rome, and the ruin a reminiscence of the Basilica of Constantine. Painted in 1519, in rivalry with the Transfiguration of Raphael; executed, according to Vasari, under the superintendence, and after the designs, of Michelangelo. It is probable that the latter gave drawings for several of the figures, but of his superintendence we have no proof. Ordered by Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, who sent it to his bishopric in Narbonne, where it was hung in the Cathedral; later in Or-
