PIETRO list, Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, and the Marys grieving. Formerly in Manfrini Collection, Venice. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 369. By Rubens, Brussels Museum ; canvas, H. 12 ft. 11 in. x 10 ft. 7 in. The body of the Saviour resting on a stone at the entrance to the tomb, supported by the Virgin ; on her right stands St. Francis, on her left two angels, one removing the linen and point- ing to the wound in the Saviour's side ; be- hind the Virgin, St. John and two Marys ; in front, kneeling, the Magdalen. Present- ed in 1616 by Due d'Aremberg to Church of the Capuchins, Brussels. Carried to ' Paris ; returned in 1815. Study in Louvre. ' Engraved by Bolswert ; P. Pontius. Smith, ii. 49 ; Klas. der Malerei, PI. 1. By Andrea del Sarlo, Vienna Museum ; wood, H. 3 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 10 in. ; signed. The dead Christ, lying on a yellow winding sheet, guarded t>y two angels, one of whom supports his head, and the other holds the instruments of the Passion ; the Virgin, with clasped hands, weeping. Painted about 1518. Copies in Fairer and Butler John - stone Collections, London. C. <fc C., Italv iii. 563. By Titian, Venice Academy ; canvas, H. 11 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. 10 in. The Virgin, grieving as she holds the dead Christ in her lap ; at right, Joseph of Arimathca kneels ; at left, the Magdalen wails, with dishevelled hair and outstretched arms ; an angel stoops over the vase of ointment, and a second one in the air bears a lighted torch. Titian's last work ; begun in 157G, when he was ninety-nine years old, and finished by Palma Giovane. Removed from the sup- pressed church of S. Angelo, Venice ; in- jured by repainting. Engraved by Viviani in Zauotto's Pinacoteca Veueta." C. &C., Titian, ii. 411 ; Vasari, cd. Mil., vii. 459. PIETEO DA CORTONA, born in Corto- n a, Nov. 1, 159(5, died in Rome, May 1C, 1669. Ro- man school ; real namePi- etro Berrct- tini ; pupil in Florence of Andrea Coin- modi, and in Rome (1611), of Baecio Ciarpi ; also studied works of Raphael, Michelangelo, and Polidoro da Caravaggio. Cardinal Sacchetti procured him many commissions, among others the decoration of the ceiling of the Palazzo Bar- berini, finished in 1630. This work brought him into vogue, and he received orders in many cities. Employed in Florence by Ferdinand II. to decorate the Palazzo Pitti, where he painted several large historical compositions, but left without finishing the series. On his return to Rome he executed many works for churches, and enjoyed there a great reputation. Pietro da Cortona was little more than a scenic painter, who cov- ered walls and ceilings with superficial, rap- idly executed works in a baroque style. Among his easel pictures are : Nativity of 443
