Lille Before and During the War

by Pneu Michelin

I.—Paintings

THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. GEORGE
by Veronese (Cliché LL.)

The Flemish and French schools are the best represented. (For a detailed description of the paintings, see "La peinture au Musée de Lille," by François Benoit, 3 vols. in 4to, with reproductions, 1908).

The Spanish school includes a St. Jerome, by Ribera, dated 1643.

The Italian school contains The Martyrdom of St. George by Veronese (duplicate of the painting by San Giorgio Maggiore at Verona); two circular panels: Eloquence and Science (symbolized by two Venetian women with auburn hair), also by Veronese; The Flight into Egypt by Carlo Saraceni, and the Assumption of the Virgin by Piazzetta (two very original painters little known in France); a delicate "Virgin with wild roses," of exquisite colouring, by Ridolfo Ghirlandajo; "Magdalene at the feet of Christ" and a "Judith and Holopherne" by Lambert Zustris (often called Lambert Lambard)—two paintings of limpid colouring; (note the delicate lilac-grey tints).

As befits the "Capital of Flanders," the Flemish and Dutch Schools of the North are fully represented.

THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS,
by Rubens (Cliché LL.)