BONIFACIO VERONESE the Younger II
(1491-1533)
55. — The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Virgin is seated on the left, holding the naked Infant on her lap. To her left and right two shepherds salute the new-born Saviour while farther back on the right another shepherd presents a lamb to St. Joseph. A fourth shepherd is seated on the extreme right in the doorway of a ruined building. Landscape in the back- ground on the left.
Canvas, 4.5 1 2 in. by 6614 in. From the Palazzo Manfrini, Venice.
CALIARI (Paolo), called VERONESE
(1528-1588)
56. — The Punishment of Actaeon
In the foreground, Artemis and her nymphs are bathing in a pool, while on a bank above them, surmounted by tall trees, is seen the figure of Actaxm with a stag's head; two dogs on the left.
Canvas, 47 1 4 in. by (>4 in. Exhibited at Manchester, i 85 r. the Royal Academy, London, 188.5. C) From the Collection of W. Angerstein, Esq., London. — — Colonel Hankey, Beaulieu, Hastings.
