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excellence will, in time, like that of the Grecian paintings, become 

 a mere matter of history. Of the Florentine school, the most cele- 

 brated productions are the Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci ; and 

 the Last Judgment, by Michael Angelo Buonarotti. The former 

 represents our Saviour seated with the twelve Apostles, and warning 

 them of his betrayal ; while the latter portrays the final resurrection 

 of the dead, representing upwards of three hundred figures, on a 

 wall forty feet wide and fifty feet high, in the Sistine chapel of the 

 Vatican. The ceiling of the same chapel, contains a picture of the 

 Creation, also by Michael Angelo. 



Of the Roman school, the most celebrated production is the 

 Transfiguration, by Raphael; which, with many other paintings by 

 him, is preserved in the Vatican. His Madonna della Seggiola, 

 representing the Mother of our Saviour seated and holding the Infant 

 Jesus, is now in Paris ; and his Cartoons, or drawings of Scriptural 

 subjects, which served as models for the tapestry of the Pope's 

 chapel, are now preserved at Hampton Court % in England. Among 

 the best paintings of Carlo Dolce, are St. Cecilia, playing the organ ; 

 and Christ blessing the Bread and Wine, or the Eucharist ; both of 

 which are now at Dresden. Of the Venetian school, Titian's Last 

 Supper, and Christ crowned with Thorns, are very celebrated pic- 

 tures; and, after these, we may name the Crucifixion, by Tintoretto; 

 the History of Esther, by Paul Veronese ; and the Fountain piece 

 of Giorgione. Of the Lombard school, we may mention Corregio's 

 picture of Night, or the shepherds seeking the infant Jesus ; and 

 especially his St. Jerome and the Virgin, which rivals the works 

 of Raphael. The fresco paintings of Bacchus and Ariadne, by Han- 

 nibal Carracci, at Rome, are of great size, and justly celebrated. 

 Guido is renowned for his Aurora ; and Domenichino for his Mar- 

 tyrdom of St. Andrew, which rivals a picture of the same by Guido. 



Of the Flemish school, the Descent from the Cross, by Rubens, 

 is a fine picture ; but he found a more congenial theme in his mytho- 

 logical allegories, painted in the Luxembourg palace, in honor of 

 Mary de'Medici. More than three hundred engravings have been 

 made from his paintings. Vandyke excelled in portraits ; but his 

 Crucifixion, and St. Augustine, are works of merit, among many 

 others. Of the Dutch school, we may name the picture of Tobias 

 and the Angel, and that of Christ at Emmaus, by Rembrandt, as 

 among the best specimens. Of the German school, the picture of 

 the Dance of Death, by Hans Holbein, is very celebrated ; and 

 among the -best paintings of DUrer are his Adam and Eve, and 

 Christ bearing the Cross. Of the French school, the Seven Sacra- 

 ments, and the Deluge, painted by Nicholas Poussin, are all that we 

 have room to mention. Claude Lorraine excelled in landscapes ; 

 and in marine painting, Vernet is unsurpassed. Among English 

 paintings, the Ugolino, and the Death of Cardinal Beaufort, by 

 Reynolds, perhaps rank highest ; and of similar style are the pictures 

 of Christ Rejected, Christ Healing the Sick, and Death on the Pale 

 Horse, by our countryman West; the last that we have room to 

 mention. 



