- pina; L. Martelli.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 497;
Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 42; Kugler (East-*lake), ii. 484.
Subject treated also by Cristofano Allori, Uffizi, Florence; Andrea del Sarto, Palazzo Torrigiani, Florence; Fra Bartolommeo, Siena Museum; Angelo Bronzino, Palazzo Mozzi, Florence; Sebastiano Brunetti, Bologna Museum; Silvestro Buono, Naples Museum; Guido Cagnacci, Museums of Dresden, Berlin, Munich, and Madrid; Il Calabrese, Munich Museum; Luca Cambiaso, Palazzo Doria, Genoa; Andrea Carlone, Uffizi, Florence; Annibale Carracci, Palazzo Doria, Rome, and Louvre; Andrea del Castagno, Florence Academy; Giacomo Cavedone, Modena Gallery; Carlo Cignani, Munich Museum; Ludovico Cigoli, Uffizi, and Madrid Museum; Francesco Curradi, Uffizi; Carlo Dolci, Munich Gallery; Luca Ferrari, Modena Museum; Marco Antonio Franceschini, Vienna and Dresden Galleries; Francesco Furini, Vienna Museum; Benedetto Gennari, Naples Museum; Orazio Gentileschi, Vienna Museum; Francesco Gessi, Dresden Gallery; Luca Giordano, Dresden and Toulouse Galleries; Francesco Granacci, Munich Gallery; Guercino, Bologna and Madrid Museums; Guido Reni, Madrid Museum; Lanfranco, Uffizi, and Modena Gallery; Pietro Rotari, Dresden Gallery; Andrea Sacchi, Florence Academy; Bartolommeo Schidone; Tintoretto, Madrid Museum; Titian, Naples Museum and Palazzo Doria, Rome; Luis de Carbajal, Madrid Museum; Spagnoletto, ib.; Zurbaran, Dresden Gallery; Hans Memling, Louvre; Marcel Verdier (1842); Ary Scheffer; Natale Schiavoni, Berlin (1852) and Vienna Museums; Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1876).
MAGES, JOSEF, born at Imst, Tyrol, in
1728, died at Strassburg in 1769. German
school; history painter, pupil of Kapeller;
went to Innsbruck, and after several years in
Vienna, where he studied the master-works
in the gallery, lived successively at Strassburg,
Stuttgart, and Augsburg, where he
finally settled; was a proficient in fresco
painting. Works: Mary of Egypt, Christ
on the Cross with Mary and St. John, St.
Salvator's, Augsburg; Life of St. Augustine,
Legend of the Holy Sacrament (4), Miracles
of the Host on the Elements (4), Frescos in
the Cupola, Church of the Holy Cross, ib.—Allgem.
d. Biog., xx. 59; Nagler, viii. 180;
Wurzbach, xvi. 263.
MAGI, ADORATION OF, Giovanni Bellini,
National Gallery, London. The Virgin
and Child, with Joseph seated near them;
at a little distance, the three Kings respectfully
offer gifts. A predella of pure conception,
delicately executed. Bought at Leigh
Court sale (1884), 365 guineas.—Waagen,
Treasures, iii. 185.
By Sandro Botticelli, Uffizi, Florence; wood, figures half natural size. The Virgin and Child, with St. Joseph behind, the Magi, attendants, and spectators; the one kneeling is Cosmo de' Medici, the two others Giuliano and Giovanni de' Medici. All figures in costume of 15th century. Painted about 1480 for S. M. Novella, Florence; removed in 17th century to the Villa Reale del Poggio Imperiale, whence came to Uffizi in 1796. One of the best pictures of the period.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 315; C. & C., Italy, ii. 419.
By Albrecht Dürer, Uffizi, Florence; canvas. The Virgin, fair-haired, draped in blue, with a white veil, sitting at left, with Jesus on her knees; the three Magi, in magnificent dresses glittering with gold, approach with gifts; background, a sunny landscape. Painted in 1504 for Elector Frederick of Saxony; presented in 1603 by Christian II. to the Emperor Rudolph II.; sent in last century to Florence, in exchange for Fra Bartolommeo's Presentation in the Temple.—Thausing, i. 298.
By Garofalo, Ferrara Gallery; wood, H. 11 ft. × 6 ft. 6 in.; signed, dated 1537. A rich composition, with a landscape and architectural background; and in foreground the three Kings with their retinue, some on foot and some on horses and camels, offering adoration and presents to the Child. Paint-
