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CHRIST Subject treated also by Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Munich Gallery ; Marten van Heemskirck, Nuremberg Gallery. CHKIST AT THE TOMB, Henri Levy, Paris. The body of Christ lies upon a flat stone covered with a black pall, the right Christ Crowned with Thorns, Titian, Louvre. arm hanging down, the hand touching a copper dish in which are the nails and a cloth stained with blood, and beside which is the crown of thorns ; at the head sits an angel, partly covered with violet drapery, who holds a trumpet in his right and raises with his left hand the pall ; at the foot, a second angel, in a purple tunic, is bent in grief over the Saviour's feet. Salon, 1873. Etched by Charles Waltner. Gazette des B. Arts (1873), viii. 42 ; Larousse, xvi. (Sup.), 535. CHKIST, TRANSFIGURATION OF. See Transfiguration. CHRIST OF THE TRIBUTE MONEY. See Tribute Money. CHRIST APPEARING TO VIRGIN, Guido Reni, Dresden Gallery : canvas, H. 11 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. 1 in. Christ, standing, attended by an angel, bearing the banner of Redemption, and followed by two dis- ciples with clasped hands, appears to the Virgin, who kneels at left ; behind her, in background, is St. Charles Borromeo, an angel, Adam, and Eve ; above, angels with palms. From Modena Gallery. Engraved by N. Tardieu. Gal. Roy. de Dresde, i. PL 22. By Titian, S. Maria, Medole ; canvas, H. 9 ft. x G f t. 6 in. Meeting of Mary and Christ after the Ascension ; the Virgin, kneeling on the clouds, raises her hands in surprise as Christ, hi grave-clothes, shows her the stig- mata ; behind him are Adam, Eve, and two patriarchs. Painted in 1554, and presented by Titian to the church when his nephew became canon ; damaged by its concealment in a tomb during French Revolution ; unsuc- cessfully restored in 1862. C. & C., Titian, ii. 240. CHRISTENSEN, GODFRED, born in Copenhagen, July 23, 1845. Landscape painter ; pupil of Copenhagen Academy under Kiaerschou, where he won prizes in 1865 and 1871, went in 1873 to Paris, where he was much influenced by the col- ouris. Member of Copenhagen Academy in 1881. Works: Beech Tree (1865); Zealand Landscape (1870) ; Fenn in North Zealand (1871) ; Highway with Willows (1873); Him- melbjerget (1880), Copenhagen Gallery. Sigurd Miiller, 61; Weilbach, 111. CHRISTIAN MARTYR See Martyr. CHRISTIAN PARNASSUS. See Triumph of Religion in Arts. CHRISTINA, ST., GLORIFICATION OF, Vincenzo Catena, S. M. Mater Domini, Venice ; wood, arched at top. Christ, on high, gives a blessing to the Saint kneeling on a cloud at his feet ; below, in a landscape, S!>4