Painted for S. Prospero, Reggio; afterwards in Gallery of Modena, thence to Dresden. Engraved by J. M. Mitelli; N. Dupuis.—Gal. Roy. de Dresde, i. Pl. 20; Réveil, viii. 512.
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Madonna of St. Matthew, Annibale Carracci, Dresden Gallery.
MADONNA DI SAN NICCOLÒ, Titian,
Vatican; wood, formerly arched at top, but
squared in time of Pius VII.; H. 13 ft. × 8
ft. 8 in.; signed. The Virgin on a dome of
cloud with Jesus in her lap; both bend and
look downwards at a group of six saints
standing in the curve of a roofless temple;
to right, St. Sebastian; to left, St. Nicholas
and St. Catherine; and between them,
SS. Peter, Francis, and Anthony of Padua.
Painted in 1523 for S. Niccolò de' Frari,
Venice, where Sir Joshua Reynolds saw it
in 1752; Clement XIV. bought it by the
advice of Hamilton and Volpato, and hung
it in the Quirinal, whence removed to Vatican
under Pius VII. Damaged by time and
smoke.—C. & C., Titian, i. 288; Leslie, Life
of Reynolds, i. 76; Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 436.
MADONNA WITH ST. ONOFRIUS,
Lorenzo Lotto, Palazzo Borghese, Rome;
wood, H. 2 ft. 1 in. × 1 ft. 8 in.; signed,
dated 1508. The Virgin, half-length, holding
the Child, between St. Onofrius and a
bishop in episcopal robes, who presents the
transfixed heart of the Redeemer to the Infant
Christ. In good preservation.—C. &
C., N. Italy, ii. 497.
MADONNA WITH ST. ROSALIE, Murillo,
Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England;
canvas, H. about 6 ft. × 5 ft. The Virgin,
seated, holding in her lap Jesus, to whom
St. Rosalie, kneeling, offers roses; on left,
four maidens in white with palms; on right,
a street scene with a friar preaching; above,
cherubs and heads. Carried to England by
Mr. Stanhope (Lord Harrington) on returning
from his embassy to Madrid in 1729.—Davies,
Murillo, xci.; Waagen, Treasures,
iii. 398; Curtis, 163.
By Murillo, Sir Richard Wallace, Bart., London; canvas, half-length, less than life-size. The Virgin, seated, with Jesus in her lap; on left, St. Rosalie (?) offers him two roses.—Curtis, 163.
MADONNA OF ST. SEBASTIAN, Correggio,
Dresden Gallery; wood, H. 9 ft. 6
in. × 5 ft. 7 in. The Virgin, with Jesus in
her lap, enthroned on clouds, surrounded
by cherubs; below, St. Sebastian, a maiden
holding the model of a cathedral, St. Geminianus
in his bishop's cloak, and St. Roch
sleeping. Painted in 1525 for brotherhood of
St. Sebastian, an archery company at Modena.
Cleaned and restored probably by Ercole dell'
Abbate in 1611, and certainly by Flaminio
Torre; later by Palmaroli, and finally by
Schirmer in 1858. Engraved by Bertelli,
Kilian, and Lefêvre. Bought for Dresden
Gallery in 1745.—Scanelli, Microcosmo, 287;
Meyer, Correggio, 310, 478; Gal. roy. de
Dresde, i. Pl. 3; Pongileoni, ii. 198; Landon,
Œuvres, viii. Pl. 25; Kugler (Eastlake),
ii. 504.
MADONNA DI SAN SISTO (of St. Sixtus),
Raphael, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H.
9 ft. 10 in. × 7 ft. 5 in. The Virgin, with
