1 in. × 5 ft. 3 in. The Virgin, on a throne, holding Jesus, who is half rising from her knees; at left, Angel Raphael presents young Tobias, who holds in his hand the miraculous fish which has restored his father's sight; on right, St. Jerome reading. Painted in Rome about 1514 for S. Domenico, Naples; removed, in spite of the resistance of the monks, in 1638, by the Duke of Medina de las Torres, then Spanish viceroy of Naples, who took it to Spain in 1644. In 1656 became property of Philip IV., and placed in Escorial; carried in 1813 to Paris, where transferred to canvas by M. Bonne-*maison; restored to Spain in 1822. Engraved by Fr. Selma (1782); Bartolozzi; Boucher-Desnoyers (1822); F. Lignon (1822); P. Perée (1852); J. M. Enzig-Muller; Steinla (1856).—Passavant, ii. 124; Müntz, 381; Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 348; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 533; Springer, 214; Madrazo, 184; Lübke, Raphael, 56, 107.
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Madonna del Pesce, Raphael, Madrid Museum.
MADONNA DI PESCIA. See Madonna
del Baldacchino.
MADONNA DELLA PIETÀ, Guido Reni,
Bologna Gallery; canvas, H. 20 ft. 10 in. ×
10 ft. 5 in. Above, the Virgin, between two
angels, standing, laments over the dead body
of Christ, which is stretched on a bier covered
with a yellow drapery; below, San
Carlo Borromeo with a crucifix, St. Proculus
in armour, St. Francis, St. Petronius kneeling,
and St. Dominick; beneath them, city
of Bologna, in relief, and at sides four boy
angels. Painted by order of Senate of Bologna,
and placed in S. M. della Pietà; carried
to Paris in 1796; returned in 1815.
Admirable in drawing and colour, this picture
is regarded as Guido's masterpiece.
Engraved by Trabalesi; F. Rosaspina.—Pinac.
di Bologna, Pl. 23; Lavice, 14.
MADONNA DEL PILASTRO (of the Pilaster),
Garofalo, Ferrara Gallery; wood, H.
9 ft. 2. in. × 5 ft. 9 in. The Virgin and Child
enthroned on a pilaster, attended by SS.
Jerome, John Baptist, Francis of Assisi, and
Anthony of Padua; with a portrait of a lady
of the Trotti family, the donors. Formerly
in S. Francesco, Ferrara.—Cat. Ferrara Gal.
MADONNA WITH THE PINK, Raphael,
no original known. Virgin giving a pink to
Jesus, who is seated in her lap. Many
copies by Raphael's subordinates exist, the
best of which is in the collection of Count
Luigi Spada, Lucca. Others at Alnwick,
Leipsic, Rome, Urbino, Stockholm, Basle,
Geneva, and Wurzburg. Engraved by J.
Boulanger; J. Wolff; De Poilly; J. Convay;
Povelato (1780); Duthé; Gio. Farrugia
(1829); Lehman and Chevron (1852).—Passavant,
ii. 63; C. & C., Raphael, i.
343; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 60;
Lübke, Raphael, 35, 99.
MADONNA DEL POPOLO (of the People),
Federigo Barocci, Uffizi, Florence;
wood, figures life-size, signed, dated 1579.
The Virgin interceding with Christ to give
his blessing to several gentlemen who are
bestowing alms upon the poor. Painted
for the parish church at Arezzo, whence removed
to Uffizi in 1787.—Bellori, Vita dei
Pittori, 105.
