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Ruskin also made a study, which at one time was at Oxford.¹ There is another picture by Carpaccio of the same subject in the Convent of St. Giorgio Maggiore.²

2. The Triumph of St. George.-Described in St. Mark’s Rest, §§ 166, 169. Shown on Plate LXI. here (the upper subject). At Sheffield there is a water-colour study of part of the picture by Mr. Fairfax Murray. The design for the picture is in the Uffizi at Florence.

3. St. George baptizes the heathen King and his Court.-Described in St. Mark’s Rest, § 170. Shown here on Plate LXI. (the middle subject). The picture is dated 1508. A study, by Mr. Fairfax Murray, of the central portion of the picture is at Sheffield. The Arundel Society published a chromo-lithograph of the picture, from a drawing by Signor L. Desideri, in 1888. Ruskin made a study of the bird in the fore-ground, which is now at Oxford,³ and is here reproduced (Plate LXII.).

4. St. Tryphonius and the Basilisk.-Described in St. Mark’s Rest, § 171. Shown here on Plate LXI. (the lower subject). St. Tryphonius, as one of the special saints of Dalmatia, was naturally included in the decoration of the chapel. There is a water-colour study, by Mr. Fairfax Murray, of part of the picture at Sheffield.

5. Christ in the Garden of Olives.-Described in St. Mark’s Rest, § 172.

6. The Calling of St. Matthew.-Described in St. Mark’s Rest, §§ 173-175. Plate LXIII. here. Of this picture also the Arundel Society published a chromo-lithograph.

7. St. Jerome and the Lion.-Described in St. Mark’s Rest, §§ 176-181. Plate LXIV. here (the upper subject). The reader should also consult the account of St. Jerome given in The Bible of Amiens (ch. iii., “The Lion-Tamer”). From this picture (painted in 1502) there are four studies at Sheffield-one by Mr. Fairfax Murray, the others by Signor Alessandri.

8. The Funeral of St. Jerome.-Described in St. Mark’s Rest, §§ 182, 183. Shown on Plate LXIV. here (the lower subject). From this picture (also painted in 1502), there are two studies at Sheffield, by Mr. Murray and Signor Alessandri severally. Ruskin made a copy of Carpaccio’s signature, held by a lizard. This is Plate LXV. here: for particulars and Ruskin’s note, see Vol. XXI. p. 152 and n., where some other references to the lizard are given.

9. St. Jerome in his Study.-Described in St. Mark’s Rest, §§ 184-187, and noticed in Vol. XV. pp. 362-363, and Fors Clavigera,

¹ See Vol. XXI. p. 90, and for other references to the viper, Vol. XXII. pp. 62, 367.

² A small reproduction of it is given on p. 14 of Osvaldo Böhn’s guide-book.

³ No. 161 in the Educational Series (Vol. XXI. pp. 89, 135). For other references to the bird, see Vol. XXII. p. 53, and Love’s Meinie, § 37.

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