[d] Martyrdom of St. Peter, Modena. [e] Creation of the Earth. Quite a number of artists represent the suspended figures standing on the backs of cherubs or cupids, which in their turn are supported by clouds, as for instance, R. Ghirlandaio,[a] Liberale di Verona,[b] and Francesco da Cotignola.[c] Fra Bartolommeo places a single foot of the Deity on a cherub who holds a banderole, the illusion being excellent.[d] Domenichino adopts a most ingenious device in St. Paul's Vision. He shows the Apostle being carried to Heaven by winged cherubs, who appear to find the weight considerable, and to struggle under it. There is little else to induce the illusion, which is complete.[e] A similar scheme is successfully managed in Prud'hon's Abduction of Psyche. Tassaert uses a like device, but in addition has a cherub supporting each arm of the Virgin. Palma Vecchio makes the Virgin stand on the outstretched wings of a cherub, but her robe blows upwards, giving her the appearance of descending instead of ascending.[f] Rubens has three alternatives in the use of cherubs. The figure sits on clouds with feet resting on small globes sustained by cherubs[g]; or the cherubs hold the dress and mantle of the Virgin; or they help to control the clouds upon which she sits.[h] In some of his pictures of the Immaculate Conception, Murillo also uses globes, but places the cherubs on them instead of under. Francia has a picture in which cherubs hold up clouds bearing the Virgin,[i] a device once used by Rembrandt.[j] Genga shows the Deity kneeling upon the heads of cherubs, a scheme not satisfactory.[k] Cherubs were used by Titian to hold up the Virgin and clouds,[l] while Velasquez rested the robes on clouds, but used cherubs to sustain the Holy Mother.[m] [a] The Madonna giving her Girdle to St. Thomas, Prato. [b] The Magdalene and Saints. [c] Adoration of the Shepherds, Ravenna Academy. [d] The Deity with SS. Catherine and Magdalene. [e] Assumption of the Virgin. [f] Assumption of the Virgin, Venice. [g] The Deity and Christ, Weimar. [h] Assumption of the Virgin at Dusseldorf, Augsburg, Brussels, and Vienna. [i] Madonna and Child in Glory, Berlin. [j] The Ascension, Munich. [k] The Magdalene and Saints, Milan. [l] Assumption of the Virgin, Venice. [m] Coronation of the Virgin, Madrid.