in 1796 to Gavin Hamilton for 30 ducats, it being supposed to be a copy; afterwards in collection of Earl of Suffolk, of whom bought for National Gallery in 1880 for £9,000. Thought by English critics to be the original of the picture in the Louvre, but Richter considers it a copy.—Lomazzo, Trattato, ii. 171; Art Journal (1881), 30; (1884), 113; Waagen, Treasures, iii. 168; Richter, Leonardo, 99; Ital. Art. in Nat. Gal., 101; Heaton, Leonardo, 228.
MADONNA, ROGERS, Raphael, Mrs. R.
J. Mackintosh, London; wood, H. 2 ft. 8 in.
× 2 ft. 1 in. The Virgin sitting behind a
parapet on which Jesus stands; he has his
arms around her neck, and she supports
him with one arm while the other clasps
one of his feet. Painted in Rome about
1511. In Orleans Gallery; sold for 150
guineas to Mr. Willet; passed to Henry
Hope and to Samuel Rogers, the poet; sold
in 1856 to R. J. Mackintosh. Copies in
Bergamo, Pesth, and Rome. Study for the
heads in British Museum. Engraved by J.
C. Flipart, and others.—Cab. Crozat, i. Pl.
22; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 76, 194; Gruyer,
Vierges de Raphael, iii. 91; Passavant, ii.
120; Müntz, 377.
MADONNA DELLA RONDINE (of the
Swallow), Carlo Crivelli, National Gallery,
London; wood, tempera, 4 ft. 11 in. × 3 ft.
6 in. The Virgin and Child enthroned, with
SS. Jerome and Sebastian. Enriched with
fruit and flowers, and with a swallow. In a
predella below are: St. Catherine; St. Jerome
in Wilderness; Nativity; Martyrdom
of St. Sebastian; St. George and Dragon.
Painted after 1490. Formerly in Church
of Franciscans, Matelica; acquired in 1862
from Count L. de Sanctis, Matelica.—Cat.
Nat. Gal.; Richter, Italian Art in Nat. Gal.,
83, 108.
MADONNA DELLA RONDINELLA (of
the Swallow), Guercino, Palazzo Pitti, Florence;
canvas; H. 3 ft. 10 in × 4 ft. 7 in. The
Virgin, seated in clouds, turns her head
mournfully towards an angel, who presents
her a rose; Jesus, in her lap, holds a swallow
on his finger. The group of Virgin and
Child is identical with that in the upper
part of St. William taking the Monastic
Habit, in the Bologna Gallery, excepting
that in the latter picture Jesus has in his
hand a cross instead of a swallow. Engraved
by Bonafede.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii.
Pl. 17.
MADONNA DELLA ROSA (of the Rose),
Parmigianino, Dresden Gallery; wood, H.
4 ft. × 3 ft. 2 in. The Infant Jesus reclining
and resting one hand upon the globe
of the earth, holds in the other a rose
apparently just received from the Virgin.
Painted, according to Vasari, for Pietro Aretino,
the poet, but presented to Clement VII.
on his visit to Bologna (1529) to crown
Charles V.; afterwards in hands of Zani family
of that city. Affò says it was originally
a Venus and Cupid, and thinks it was sold
to Zani. It was bought in Rome in 1752
by Crespi of the prelate Dion. Zani for Augustus
III., King of Poland, for 5,000 scudi.
Engraved by G. C. Venenti; Dom. Pellegrini.—Vasari,
ed. Mil., v. 228; Affò, Vita
. . . Parmigianino, 71; Ch. Blanc, École
lombarde, Parmigianino; Gal. roy. de
Dresde, ii. Pl. 3.
By Raphael, Madrid Museum; wood, transferred to canvas, H. 3 ft. 8 in. × 3 ft. (Virgen de la Rosa). The Virgin, seated, with Jesus on her knees, with John Baptist, at left, offering a scroll inscribed Ecce Agnus Dei; behind, St. Joseph, in contemplation. Painted about 1517; placed by Philip IV. in Escorial. Sometimes called Holy Family of the Legend; but more commonly as above, because a rose was painted in the lower part when the picture was restored (about 1852). Many copies, with variations. Engraved by Forster; Sirain.—Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 372; Passavant, ii. 533; Lübke, Raphael, 79, 115; Madrazo, 193.
By Sassoferrato, Turin Gallery; canvas, H. 2 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft. 11 in. The Virgin, seated, half-length, in front of a curtain in a landscape, with Jesus lying in her lap;
