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one; background, landscape. Painted about 1665-70; sold, with its companion St. John and the Lamb (National Gallery, London), at Comte de la Guiche sale (1771), 12,999 livres; Marquis de Presle sale (1779); Robit sale (1801), to Sir Simon Clarke, £4,200; Sir Simon Clarke sale (1840), the St. John was bought for £2,100 by Lord Ashburton, who gave it to the National Gallery, the Good Shepherd for £3,045 by Baron Rothschild. Engraved by Cooper, Mlle. Duclos, J. Heath, J. C. Armytage, C. Virten, R. Graves, and others. Repetition: Earl of Wemyss, Gosford Hall, East Lothian, Perthshire. Copy by Grimoux, Duchess of Bridgewater (?).—Curtis, 185.

By Murillo, Comte Henri de Greffuhle, Paris; canvas, H. 1 ft. 11 in. × 1 ft. 4 in. The Saviour, a crook in his left hand, walking front, resting his hand on the head of one of two sheep on his right; on his left, another sheep running; background, landscape. Presented by Queen Isabella to M. Guizot for bringing about the marriage of her sister to the Duc de Montpensier; sold in 1874 for 120,000 fr.—Curtis, 186.

By Murillo, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 3 ft. 3 in. The Saviour, about seven years old, wearing a red tunic and a sheep-*skin garment, with crook in hand, seated, his left hand on the back of a lamb; behind him, a rock, a broken cornice, and a fluted column. From Isabel Farnese Collection. Repetition: Don Manuel Lopez Cepero, Seville. Etched by Waltner; lithographed by J. Abrial, A. Lemoine, Lafosse.—Curtis, 186; Gaz. des B. Arts, Feb., 1875. Madrazo, 473.


CHRIST IN HOUSE OF JAIRUS, Paolo Veronese, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 2 in. × 4 ft. 3 in. Christ, on the steps of the house of Jairus, has his robe touched by a woman, who, when he turns toward her, falls on her knees; she is supported by two women; behind them are several sick and lame persons, and behind Christ are several disciples.—Gal. de Vienne, i. Pl. 44.

Christ in House of Jairus, Paolo Veronese, Vienna Museum.


CHRIST IN HOUSE OF HIS PARENTS, John Everett Millais, Frederick Arthur Beer, London; canvas. Sometimes called the Carpenter's Shop; represents Joseph in his shop working with another half-clad carpenter; in foreground, Jesus shows to his mother, who kneels to kiss him, a wound in his hand, made by a nail which Elizabeth, who stands in background, reaches forward to pull out with a pair of pincers; at right, the infant John, with water in a bowl; in background, left, sheep look in at open door. Painted in 1849; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1850, under following title: "And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends." (Zech. xiii. 6.) Engraved by Thos. Brown, in Art Journal.—Art Journal (1850), 175; (1883), 92.