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two black-hatted malefactors, but it is im- 

 possible to speak with certainty. The general 

 effect of the chapel is excellent, if we consider 

 the material in which it is executed, and the 

 rudeness of the audience to whom it addresses 

 itself. 



8. The Crowning with Thorns. Here again 

 the inspiration is derived from Tabachetti's 

 Crowning with Thorns at Varallo. The 

 Christs in the two chapels are strikingly 

 alike, and the general effect is that of a 

 residuary impression left in the mind of one 

 who had known the Varallo Flagellation ex- 

 ceedingly well. 



9. Sta. Veronica. This and the next suc- 

 ceeding chapels are the most important of the 

 series. Tabachetti's Journey to Calvary at 

 Varallo is again the source from which the 

 present work was taken, but, as I have already 

 said, it has been modified in reproduction. 

 Mount Calvary is still shown, as at Varallo, 

 towards the left-hand corner of the work, but 

 at Saas it is more towards the middle than at 

 Varallo, so that horsemen and soldiers may 



be seen coming up behind it a stroke that 



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