NICHOLAS POUSSIN.

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New Testament Subjects.
union of the Saviour and Saint. Two infant angels are
behind the Virgin, one of whom has a palm branch in his
hand. This admirable picture is unusually rich and harmo-
nious in its colouring.
4st. 6 in. by 6ft. 5| in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Earl of Ashburnham.

147. The Virgin absorbed in Meditation. Done the
size of life. This picture was painted in 1655, for M. de
Chantelou.
9ft. by 5ft.—C.

148. St. Peter and St. John healing the Impotent Man.
The miracle is represented as occurring at the Beautiful Gate
of the temple. The two Apostles are seen on the summit of a
noble flight of steps, apparently about to enter the portal of
the edifice, when their attention is suddenly arrested by the
plaintive entreaty of a poor cripple, who sits at the base of
a column : “ Then Peter said, silver and gold have I none,
but such as I have I give thee; in the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, rise up and walk. And he took him by the
right hand and lifted him up.”—Acts iii. This is the
moment depicted, St. Peter being in the act of extending
his hand to raise the cripple, while St. John indicates by the
elevation of his hand the source from whence their power is
derived: several persons are near them, some of whom are
entering the portal, while others are ascending the steps in
front; one of them is bestowing alms on a poor woman seated
with a child reclining in her lap, another is near the centre,