But he did so, and his pages should be consulted.

He is particularly interesting on "The Plague of Serpents." My own favourite is that of Moses striking the rock, from which, it is said, an early critic fled for his life for fear of the torrent.

The manna scene may be compared with another and more vivid version of the same incident in S.Giorgio Maggiore.
[Illustration: THE CRUCIFIXION (CENTRAL DETAIL) FROM THE PAINTING BY TINTORETTO _In the Scuola di S.Rocco_] The scenes from the Life of Christ around the walls culminate in the wonderful "Crucifixion," in the Refectory leading from this room.

This sublime work, which was painted in 1565, when the artist was forty-seven, he considered his masterpiece.

It is the greatest single work in Venice, and all Tintoretto is in it, except the sensuous colourist of the "Origin of the Milky Way": all his power, all his thought, all his drama.