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2 Leonardo da Vinci, and painted on pa- nels and on slate for private cabinets. Milanese School.

Works. Milan, Church of Sta. Maria delle Grazie, an altar-piece representing John the Baptist. {Lanzi, ZanL)

AGABITI,, h. at Sas- soferrato; living 1514r^l. Umbrian School. ( Colucciy Lanzi. ) AGELLIO,, b. at Sorrento about 1600. He was the pupil of Kon- calli, whom, as well as other painters, he assisted in his pictures, especially the landscape backgrounds. Neapolitan School. {Dominici.)

AGHI,, called, in Venice, Cordelia. Venetian School. A pupil of Giovanni Bellini ; painted small panels in his style.

Works, Venice, Portrait of Card. Bessarion, Scuola della Carita, or Aca- demy. Berhn Gallery, the Marriage of St. Catherine. {Zanetti, Lanzi.)

AGNELLI, N., a Roman, settled at Turin about 1700, where he painted a saloon of the palace. He imitated Pietro da Cortona and Carlo Maratta. {Lanzi.)

AGOSTINO, Prospettive, painted at Bologna about 1525. Mi- lanese School. He was, apparently, the same as the Agostino di Bramantino, of Milan, skilled in foreshortening and perspective, hence his name. {Lo- mazzo.)

AGRESTI,, called da Forli, from his birthplace, was the pupil of Perino del Vaga. He excelled in oil and in fresco, and executed extensive works in Home, Forli, and elsewhere ; he died about 1580. Principal works in the church of Santo Spirito, Rome ; and in the Cathedral and Town Hall of Forli. Roman School. (Baglione.)

ALBANI,, b. at Bologna, 1578, where he died Oct. 4, 1660. He was the pupil of Denis Calvart, and early friend of Guido, with whom he left Calvart for the school of the Carracci. Albani followed with Guido Annibal Carracci to Rome about 1602, and as- sisted that painter in the Famese, and in the Chapel of San Diego, in the Church of San Giacomo Degli Spag- nuoli. He visited Rome a second time in 1625, when he executed the frescoes of the Verospi Palace (now Torlonia). His pictures are celebrated for their beautiful Amorini, painted from his own children, of whom he had twelve by his second wife, Doralice Fioravanti; these children were also the frequent study of the sculptors Algardi and Fiammingo. He also introduced a pro- fusion of Venuses, Dianas, Nymphs, &c., but rarely male figures, into his more chai'acteristic works; of sacred subjects, however, he has left a great variety : he executed nearly fifty lai-ge altar-pieces. Albani belongs to the Eclectic School of Bologna; he was a graceful and elegant painter ; his fancy compositions ai'e generally agreeable, especially his smaller mythological sub- jects, wiib. his charming Amorini, and landscape backgrounds. His easel pic- tures are numerous, in the principal European galleries.

Works. Bologna, The Baptism of Christ, Pinacoteca; San Guglielmo, church of Gesu e Maria; Sant Andrea, and a Noli me Tangere, church of Santa Maria de' Servi ; the Annunciation, church of the Theatines; and a chapel in the church of the Madonna di Galliera. Rome, St. Sebastian, and the Assumption of the Virgin, church of San Sebastiano ; frescoes from Ovid, in the Torlonia Palace; landing of Venus on the island of Cythera, Ghigi Palace ; and the Four Elements, Borghese Gallery; stories of Diana and Venus, Florence Gallery ; the Toilet of Venus, in the Louvre ; and the Dance of Cupids, Dresden Gallery. (Malvasia.)

ALBERTI,, b. at Borgo San Sepolcro, in 1552, d. at Rome, 1615. He assisted his brother, Gio-