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Procession to Calvary, Mignard, Louvre.
Calvary by a winding path; Christ in centre bearing the cross, the two malefactors being on the nearer path. A strong and effective picture.—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 353.
By Tintoretto, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 2 ft. 4 in. × 2 ft. 7 in. Christ falling under the weight of the cross, with Simon of Cyrene aiding him; behind, the Virgin, Mary Magdalen, and St. John; in front the two thieves, bound; soldiers, mounted and on foot, and rabble.—Gal. de Vienne, i. Pl. 48.
By Paolo Veronese, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 5 ft. 8 in. × 14 ft. 6 in. Christ falling under the weight of the cross, which he is carrying amid a troop of mounted men and rabble; St. Veronica, with her handkerchief, thrust back by one attendant and struck at with a knotted cord by another, is trying to reach him; behind, the Virgin, fainting, is sustained by St. John, a portrait of Veronese. From the Modena collection. Restored by Schirmer in 1857. Engraved by Mitelli; Preisler.—Gal. royale de Dresde, i. Pl. 16; Ruskin, Mod. Painters, v. 230; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 57.
Subject also treated by Pieter Brueghel, the younger, Berlin Museum.
CALVI, LAZZARO, born in Genoa in
1502, died there in 1587. Genoese school;
son of Agostino Calvi, a respectable painter
of Lombard origin; pupil of Perino del
Vaga at same time with his elder brother,
Pantaleo Calvi (died 1595). The brothers
painted much in collaboration in Genoa,
Naples, and other places, Lazzaro painting
the principal parts and Pantaleo the ornamental
portions. Lazzaro, vain and envious,
depreciated the works of others, and even
resorted to poison to rid himself of rivals.
Defeated in competition with Andrea Semini
and Luca Cambiaso, he gave up painting
and led a seafaring life for twenty years, but
finally returned to his profession. Among
his best examples are: Phaeton, Apollo, etc.,
ceiling of hall, Palazzo Grimaldi, Genoa;
Glory of Saints, choir S. Catterina, Genoa.
