. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. laus in battle; but they forsookhim, apparently, when, by the arts of his mother, he wasentrapped to pay her a visit, and slain by the hand of hisbrother at the foot of the altar and in the act of prayer. Wenceslaus lived at the time when the passion for relicshad spread over all Christendom. On a visit which hepaid to his friend Otho I., that warlike emperor bestowedon him certain relics of St. Vitus and St. Sigismond. Thusin the Bohemian pictures we have St. Wenceslaus and , all glorious In their princely robes,
. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. laus in battle; but they forsookhim, apparently, when, by the arts of his mother, he wasentrapped to pay her a visit, and slain by the hand of hisbrother at the foot of the altar and in the act of prayer. Wenceslaus lived at the time when the passion for relicshad spread over all Christendom. On a visit which hepaid to his friend Otho I., that warlike emperor bestowedon him certain relics of St. Vitus and St. Sigismond. Thusin the Bohemian pictures we have St. Wenceslaus and , all glorious In their princely robes, their crownsand palms, and shining armour; St. Ludmilla, with herpalm and her veil; St. Vitus, as a beautiful boy with a gjj*^cock on his book; St. George; and St. Procopius, a holy 2nd prince who turned hermit in the eleventh century,and is represented with a doe at his side and a crown at hisfeet. St. Wenceslaus is represented robed and armed as Duke ofBohemia, carrying the shield and standard with the black A A 178 LEGENDS OP THE MONASTIC 36 St. Procopius. Imperial eagle (a privilege granted to liim by Otlio I.), andhis palm as martyr. In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna is a very curious altar-piece, with the Virgin and Child enthroned in the centralcompartment: on one side St. Wenceslaus ; on the other , inscribed Quis opus hoc finxit ? Thomas de Mutina pinxit. Angioio ca- Another picture in which St. Wenceslaus, a colossal figure, isloseih, ib53. gtan(^ng wit)i the same attributes, while an angel brings himthe crown of martyrdom. In the background is a pedestal,on which is depicted a bas-relief, exhibiting the murder ofthe saint by his wicked brother. The painter, Angioio Caro- 8T. HENRY OF BAVARIA. 17» selli, was one of the numerous artists in the employment ofRudolph II. In the gallery of the Academy there is (or was) a series ofpictures representing the life and martyrdom of Wenceslaus,by Carl Skreta, who, notwithstanding his terrible
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