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ltPPENutX.,ready to tom dver, and· only waits until the infant removes his arm,wHÎch lie fias,with childish inadvertence, cast across the book. Thus we see that the entirepieceiscomposed of one principal, and'two minor or subaltern a'étions; or, as the paintersexpress it, ofone action and two accidents; ThÇ!e are; the anxiety, of the infantfor'the fish; and the silent attention wherewith St. Geronimus awaits the removal ofthe'fufant's arm from the book, in order to turn over the leaf. These accidents are not'only distinct in themselves, but so inferi~r to the principal action that they·· by .no'mE:;ans blend or interfere with it: on the contrary, they serve to relieve the eye, âfldgive repose to the attention exhausted by examihation of the principal action. Thisand the 1Ïrst accident areextremely natural< and obvious: but the mannerofitttr6dùeingorcomoihihg St. Gèronimus with the other figures, by casting the arIri:'6fthe'infârtt:across his book, was a thought truly worthyof this· greât Tillinter; for, entirely detachedJ&om the other figures; hewould have been one t60 many,as being a; useless pel':"sonage; Çtnd if he·had represented him; as many·painters probably would, intercedingon the behalf of Tobias, he would'have beenbne equally unnècessary, and basides:obtrusive:1 do not recollect to Bave ever seen anypH:~ce wlierein were moreaccllra.telY preservedthélaws orperfect contrast. There are not throughout it My two points which resembleeach other :-.the infant appears to be of the a.ge ofone year; Tobias of ten or twelve ~the angel of fifieen; the Vil'gin from eighteen to twenty; St. Geronimus upwards ofseventy; The infant is endeavouring to raise himself upon his fcet : Tobias iB uponhisknees; the angel 18 standing; tlie··Virgih seated; and St. Géronimus with·hisIDees bent. The face ofthe infant is tmee quarter: thatof Tobili:sanexactpr6fiJe;that'ofthe angel forèshortened"; that ofthe VîrginalnlÛst ft:Il1';ând thât of'St.6eronimussomething morethao· a profile~The hair of theiMant is a Bright cliesnut; that of Tobias incUning to red'; meangel's brown; the Virgin's somewhat more darkthan that of the angel; St. Gerofiimusis gray :-'in one word, the piece is diversified in the mo~t pleasing mânner ihatcan be imagined. The equilibrium, as weIl of the whole as'of the component pl:U'ts, isas perfect as the contrast, and ·managed ·with exquisite-art and attention;· rartiéularlyto be noticed in the body of the angel, which is a perfeet balance.~ ...) ... " iAs the paioter had' no place for the lion il!< , of St. Geronirnus; and' kho\ving thatwithout tuis, or· sorne similar coubterpoizo, St. Gèronimuswould he aninadequatebalance for the ange} and Tobias, heplaced th'e infant on the léftàrm of the Virgin's• How it should have escaped so accurate an observerasMr. Henryit is impossible to conceive: buttrueit is, tne lion is introdiIcedin the piéture, as may he seen in theengraving given 15~_r.'1\fMSo,A""er;y: fine engravingcof tItis p;icture was once executed,and-is.yet probaWy. extallt. "