PREPARATIONS FOR THE BATTLE OF GRAVELINAS. (HALL OF BATTLES.)] [Illustration: PLATE 162. TAKING OF ST. QUINTIN BY THE SPANISH INFANTRY REGIMENTS. (HALL OF BATTLES.)] [Illustration: PLATE 163. BATTLE BEFORE ST. QUINTIN. (HALL OF BATTLES.)] [Illustration: PLATE 164. PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIEGE OF ST. QUINTIN. (HALL OF BATTLES.)] [Illustration: PLATE 165. DEPARTURE OF THE SPANISH ARMY FROM THE FORTIFIED PLACE OF ST. QUINTIN. (HALL OF BATTLES.)] [Illustration: PLATE 166. THE DUKE OF ALBA REVIEWING HIS TROOPS AT CANTILLANA. (HALL OF BATTLES.)] [Illustration: PLATE 167. EFFIGIES OF ALL THE KINGS OF SPAIN, FROM THE TIME OF THE GOTHS, UNTIL PHILIP V., TAKEN FROM CHARTS, MEDALS, AND PAINTINGS. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 168. PLUTO AND PROSERPINA, BY L. GIORDANO. (CASA DEL PRINCIPE AT THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 169. ALLEGORY OF AFRICA, BY L. GIORDANO. (CASA DEL PRINCIPE AT THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 170. PHAETON STRUCK BY JUPITER’S THUNDERBOLT. (CASA DEL PRINCIPE AT THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 171. THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO, BY L. GIORDANO. (REPRODUCED FROM THE FRESCO IN THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 172. EXPEDITION TO THE TERCEIRE ISLE (AZORES). (FRAGMENT OF A FRESCO PAINTING IN THE HALL OF BATTLES.)] [Illustration: PLATE 173. APOLLO AND MERCURY, BY PEREGRINO TIBALDI. (FRESCO ON THE ARCH OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 174. A SWEET SINGER, BY WATTEAU. (MUSEUM OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 175. A LOVE SCENE, BY WATTEAU. (MUSEUM OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 176. PHILIP II. RECEIVING A DEPUTATION FROM THE LOW COUNTRIES IN THE ESCORIAL, BY SANT ARCOS.] [Illustration: PLATE 177. PORTRAIT OF PHILIP II. AT THE AGE OF 71, BY ANTONIO MORO. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 178. SECOND SET OF EFFIGIES OF ALL THE KINGS OF SPAIN, FROM THE TIME OF THE GOTHS, UNTIL PHILIP V., TAKEN FROM CHARTS, MEDALS, AND PAINTINGS. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 179. ST. ISIDORE, BY CORRADO. (IN THE MUSEUM AT THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 180. PAN AND MISENUS, BY PEREGRINO TIBALDI. (FRESCO OF THE ARCH IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 181. HOMER AND VIRGIL, BY PEREGRINO TIBALDI. (FRESCO OF THE ARCH IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 182. SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, BY V. CARDUCCI. (FRESCO OF THE ARCH IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 183. PINDAR AND HORACE, BY PEREGRINO TIBALDI. (FRESCO OF THE ARCH IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 184. THE VISITATION, BY PEREGRINO TIBALDI. (FRESCO IN THE CLOISTER OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 185. THE MARRIAGE OF THE VIRGIN, BY PEREGRINO TIBALDI. (FRESCO IN THE CLOISTER OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 186. THE ANNUNCIATION, BY LUCAS CANGIAGI. (FRESCO IN THE CLOISTER OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 187.