CRIVELLI TO VERONESE 



and the dove. It is taking a lively interest in the 

 proceedings, and is evidently used to human companion- 

 ship. It wears a little collar and pendant. 



The oxen straining at the rope, in the predella 

 of the picture in the Library, Jesi, trying in vain 

 to drag Sf. Lucy to dishonour, are well drawn from 

 nature. A comparison of the different couples in 

 scenes ii. and iii. shows how he has represented 

 the strain only gradually falling upon the foremost 

 beasts. The pair next to the Saint have all their 

 weight thrown against the rope round the little figure 

 in the full skirts, as she stands quietly speaking to 

 the judge. In the first panel two dogs play and rush 

 about the church, while a priest says Mass, and people 

 pray before a candle-decked shrine. A dog runs before 

 St. Barbara (Trescore, Oratorio Suardi) as she is 

 dragged to execution. A cat scampers across the 

 bedroom of the Blessed Virgin, startled by the arch- 

 angel in the Ammnciation (Recanati, Sta. Maria Sopra 

 Mercanti). A white rabbit pricks up its ears in 

 amazement at the uplifted hands of the King of Salem 

 as he offers the mystic bread and wine (in generous 

 quantity) to Abraham in the Sacrifice of Melchisedek 

 (Loretto, Archbishop's Palace), and an attendant leads 

 a calf. 



Giovanni de' Busi, called Cariani, was a painter of Cariani, 



^ c. 1480-1541 



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