BOO73455 The Mass of St. Basil, 1743-7 (oil on canvas) by Subleyras, Pierre (1699-1749); 133.5x80 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: Roman Emperor Flavius Julius Valens (328-78) fainting whilst watching Saint Basil the Great (ca. 330-379), archbishop of Caesarea, celebrate the Feast of Epiphany; the Arian Valens came to visit Basil with his retinue after his failure to banish the refractory bishop; sketch for a painting commissioned by Pope Benedict XIV for St. Peter\'s in Rome (today Santa Maria degli Angeli);); French, out of copyright.