14 ft. 11 in. × 32 ft. Christ, seated at the corner of a table, points out to Simon, seated opposite to him, Mary Magdalen, who, kneeling, is wiping his feet with her hair, after having anointed them; Judas, at another table, is rising and speaking to Christ; the two tables, spread in a circular portico adorned with columns, are filled with the disciples and others; spectators in balconies; above, two angels in the air, bearing a scroll. Painted about 1570-75 for refectory of Convent of the Servites, Venice; presented by Republic of Venice in 1665 to Louis XIV. It was the first picture allowed by the government to go out of Venetian territory. Engraved by V. Lefebvre.—Felibien, i. 723, 730; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 29; Landon, Musée, 2d Col., iii. Pl. 59; Burckhardt, 748.
By Paolo Veronese, Turin Gallery; canvas, H. 10 ft. 4 in. × 14 ft. 9 in. The table spread in the portico of a house of classic architecture, from the balcony of which above three women and a man look down; at the right end of the table sits Christ, partly in shadow, conversing with a female standing beside him, while Mary Magdalen anoints his feet; the disciples and other guests are grouped around the table, Judas occupying a central place in front next to a column. Painted about 1566; carried to Paris in 1797, but returned in 1815. Formerly in Palazzo Durazzo, Genoa; sold for 100,000 francs by the Marquis Durazzo to King Charles Albert, who placed it in the gallery in 1838. Sketch at Stourhead House, England. Engraved by Mitelli.—Reale Gall. di Torino, iv. Pl. 121; Felibien, i. 723; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 28.
FEAST OF ROSE-GARLANDS, Albrecht
Dürer, Prague Gallery; signed, dated 1506.
In centre of a landscape, in front of a dark-green
curtain, the Virgin, enthroned with
the Child, is about to be crowned by two
angels; on her right, Pope Julius II., with
priests, kneeling; on her left, Emperor Maximilian
I., with knights; various members
of the German Company are also kneeling,
and all are being crowned with garlands
of roses by the Virgin, the Child, St.
Dominic—who stands behind the Virgin—and
by angels. In background, at right,
are Dürer and his friend Pirckheimer,
standing, the former holding an inscribed
tablet. Painted by order of the Guild of
German Merchants in Venice; purchased
by the Emperor Rudolph II. for his gallery
at Prague; sold in 1782 by Emperor Joseph
II.; acquired in 1793 by the Premonstratensian
Abbey of Strahow at Prague, whence
removed in 1885 to Prague Gallery. It is
injured and much over-painted. Copy,
with changes, Lyons Museum; do., Ambras
Collection, Vienna.—Kugler (Crowe), i. 159;
Kunstblatt (1854), 200; Thausing (Eaton), i.
344; Gaz. des B. Arts (1881), xxiv. 97.
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Feast of Rose-Garlands, Albrecht Dürer, Prague Gallery.
FEDDERSEN, HANS PETER, born at
Wester-Schnatebüll, Schleswig-Holstein,