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REPUBLICAN toward eight boy angels dancing in a ring before them ; above, in clouds, a choir of four angels. Passed from Collection of Marquis Gerini to Palazzo Pitti in 1818. Engraved by Bolswert ; J. Coelemans (1698) ; J. Troyen ; Susanna Verbruggen ; L. Martelli ; Pilizotti. Replica (3 ft. 8 iu. x 4 ft. 9 in.), Collection of Lord Ashburton. Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii. PL 110 ; Guiffrey, 245 ; Smith, iii. 81 ; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 102. By Luc Olivier Merson, S. A. Coale, Jr., St. Louis ; canvas, H. 2 ft. x 4 ft. Night scene, the Nile in the distance ; in fore- ground, left, the Sphinx, with the Virgin and Child reposing between its paws ; at its foot, St. Joseph, asleep, and the ass, teth- ered beside him, cropping the herbage. Sa- lon, 1879. Art Treasures of America, iii. 52. By Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 11 in. The Vir- gin, seated by a tree, in centre, watches Je- sus sleeping on a rock beside her ; at right, St. Joseph, holding the bridle of the ass ; at left, beside the Virgin, two cherubs ; in foreground, a bottle, a pack, and a broad- brimmed hat ; background, landscape. Gai- gnat sale (1768), 17,535 livres. Mezzo-tint, J. Walker. Repetitions : Earl of Northbrook, London ; Leigh Court Collection, Somer- set ; Glasgow Museum. Copy (?) by Tobar in Munich Gallery. Engraved by Sanders. Descr. de 1'Ermitage, 25 ; Curtis, 169 ; Hermitage Cat., 129. By Murillo, Earl of Strafford, Wrotham Park, Herts, Eng. ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. The Virgin, seated in centre, adores Jesus in her lap ; at left, St. Joseph, holding the ass, also in adoration ; on ground, between the group, a gourd bottle, a straw hat, and a bundle ; at right, two cherubs in adoration ; above, three cherubs, one of them hanging a curtain between trees, as a screen ; background, mountains. Waa- gen, Treasures, iv. 320 ; Curtis, 170. By Nicolas Poussin, Louvre ; canvas, H. 2 ft 3 in. x 1 ft. 7 in. The Virgin seated, holds on her knees Jesus, who caresses the young St. John, who is presented by St. Elizabeth, kneeling; behind, St Joseph standing. Painted in 1651 for Due de Crv- qui Engraved by J. Pesne ; Massard ; Ni- quet FilhoL vii. 487 ; Cat. Louvre. By Paolo Veronese, Munich Gallery ; can- vas, H. 7 ft. 4 in. X 5 ft 2 iu.; signed. The Virgin gives the breast to Jesus while some angels gather fruits. REPUBLICAN COURT, Daniel Hunting, ton, A. T. Stewart Collection, New York ; canvas, H. 6 ft. x 10 ft A reception at Wash- ington in the second term of President Washington's administration. Mrs. Wash- ington at left, standing, with Nelly Custis and Mrs. Robert Morris on her left, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Johu Jay at her right, and other celebrites of the time be- hind her ; in centre, background, General Washington in conversation with Harriet Chew and surrounded by Jonathan Trum- bull, Oliver Ellsworth, Thomas Jefferson, the Duke of Kent, and others ; at right, Mrs. George Clinton, seated, in conversation with Mrs. Ralph Izard, with Mrs. John Jay and other ladies iu foreground and many prominent men in background. Painted iu 1876. Engraved by Alexander H. Ritchie. RESPECT, Paolo Veronese, Cobham Hall, England ; canvas, 5 ft 10 in. square. A woman, nude, lying asleep, toward whom Cupid is drawing a man, who is held back by an old man in the background. Waagen thinks it wrongly named, and says it ap- pears rather to exemplify the triumph of passion over reason. From collection of Queen Christina of Sweden to Orleans Gal- lery ; valued at sale in 1793 at 150, sold for 44 guineas. Engraved by L. Desplaces ; M. Pelletier. Waagen, Treasures, ii. 499 ; iii 20 ; Cab. Crozat, ii. PL 25. RESTOUT, JEAN, the younger, born at Rouen, March 26, 1692, died in Paris, Jan. 1, 1768. French school ; history painter, son of Jean Restout, the elder (1663-1702), pu- pil of his uncle, Jean Jouvenet In 1717 he won the grand prix de Rome and was ac-