of St. Leonard and St. Christopher, chiefly remarkable for their rude
cutting at so late a date as 1377; but the niches under which they
stand are unusual in their bent gables, and in little crosses within
circles which fill their cusps. The traveller is generally too much
struck by Titian's great picture of the "Assumption," to be able to
pay proper attention to the other works in this gallery. Let him,
however, ask himself candidly, how much of his admiration is
dependent merely upon the picture being larger than any other in the
room, and having bright masses of red and blue in it: let him be
assured that the picture is in reality not one whit the better for
being either large, or gaudy in color; and he will then be better
disposed to give the pains necessary to discover the merit of the more
profound and solemn works of Bellini and Tintoret. One of the most
wonderful works in the whole gallery is Tintoret's "Death of Abel," on
the left of the "Assumption;" the "Adam and Eve," on the right of it,
is hardly inferior; and both are more characteristic examples of the
master, and in many respects better pictures, than the much vaunted
"Miracle of St. Mark." All the works of Bellini in this room are of
great beauty and interest. In the great room, that which contains
Titian's "Presentation of the Virgin," the traveller should examine
carefully all the pictures by Vittor Carpaccio and Gentile Bellini,
which represent scenes in ancient Venice; they are full of interesting
architecture and costume. Marco Basaiti's "Agony in the Garden" is a
lovely example of the religious school. The Tintorets in this room are
all second rate, but most of the Veronese are good, and the large ones
are magnificent.

ALIGA. See GIORGIO.

ALVISE, CHURCH OF ST. I have never been in this church, but Lazari
dates its interior, with decision, as of the year 1388, and it may be
worth a glance, if the traveller has time.

ANDREA, CHURCH OF ST. Well worth visiting for the sake of the
peculiarly sweet and melancholy effect of its little grass-grown
campo, opening to the lagoon and the Alps. The sculpture over the
door, "St. Peter walking on the Water," is a quaint piece of
Renaissance work. Note the distant rocky landscape, and the oar of the
existing gondola floating by St. Andrew's boat. The church is of the
later Gothic period, much defaced, but