here is a creature like a pig; whether actual pig or not is
unascertainable, for the church is dark, the little light that comes
on the picture falls on it the wrong way, and one third of the lower
part of it is hidden by a white case, containing a modern daub, lately
painted by way of an altar piece; the meaning, as well as the merit,
of the grand old picture being now far beyond the comprehension both
of priests and people.

2. _The Last Supper._ (On the left-hand side of the Chapel of the
Sacrament.) A picture which has been through the hands of the Academy,
and is therefore now hardly worth notice. Its conception seems always
to have been vulgar, and far below Tintoret's usual standard; there is
singular baseness in the circumstance, that one of the near Apostles,
while all the others are, as usual, intent upon Christ's words, "One
of you shall betray me," is going to help himself to wine out of a
bottle which stands behind him. In so doing he stoops towards the
table, the flask being on the floor. If intended for the action of
Judas at this moment, there is the painter's usual originality in the
thought; but it seems to me rather done to obtain variation of
posture, in bringing the red dress into strong contrast with the
tablecloth. The color has once been fine, and there are fragments of
good painting still left; but the light does not permit these to be
seen, and there is too much perfect work of the master's in Venice, to
permit us to spend time on retouched remnants. The picture is only
worth mentioning, because it is ignorantly and ridiculously referred
to by Kugler as characteristic of Tintoret.

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VITALI, CHURCH OF ST. Said to contain a picture by Vittor Carpaccio,
over the high altar: otherwise of no importance.

VOLTO SANTO, CHURCH OF THE. An interesting but desecrated ruin of the
fourteenth century; fine in style. Its roof retains some fresco
coloring, but, as far as I recollect, of later date than the
architecture.

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ZACCARIA, CHURCH OF ST. Early Renaissance, and fine of its kind; a
Gothic chapel attached to it is of great beauty. It contains the best
John Bellini in Venice, after that of San G. Grisostomo, "The Virgin,
with Four Saints;" and is said to contain another John Bellini and a
Tintoret, neither of which I have seen.

ZITELLE, CHURCH OF THE. Of no importance.

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