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 ANNUNCIATION- IS, 000 fr. ; Aguado sale (1843), to Marquis brother, supposed to bo Filippo Benizi, of Hertford, 27,000 fr. Engraved by A, founder of the order ; in background, a Lefevre, J. Rogers, W. Hulland (varied) ; building. Painted about 1512 for the ab- lithographed by Andre, Lafosse, Blummer. bey of San Godenzo ; bought by Carlo do" Curtis, 145 ; Waagen, ii. 153., Medici, who put in its place a copy, now in By Andrea Previtali, S. M. del Mesco, ' the Casa Visani at San Oodenzo. Much re- Ceneda ; wood, H. 8 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft 6 in.; ' painted. Engraved by Rosini. Vasari, ed. signed. The Virgin, at a desk in a room, bends hum- bly towards the angel kneel- ing with a lily in his hand ; through window is seen a cock attacked by a wolf. Ri- dolfi says that Titian ad- mired this picture, and fre- quently stopped on his way to Cadore to see it. C. & C., N. Italy, L; Ridolfi, Mara- viglie, i. 184. By Andrea del Sarto, Pa- lazzo Pitti, Florence ; wood, H. 5 ft. 11 in. x5 ft. 6 in. The Virgin, standing before a reading desk, receives the announcement from Gabriel holding a lily and kneeling on a cloud ; in back-ground a building with an open por- tico, under which are three figures ; at the base, steps, on one of which sits a nude youth ; in the distance ruins and mountains, and in the air the Holy Ghost in form of a dove. Painted in 1512 for Convent of the Osser- vanti outside the Porta San Gallo ; transferred on its de- molition in 1529 to S. Jacopo tra' Fossi ; placed in Pitti in 162G. Engraved by Rossi. C. & C., Italy, iii. 553 ; Vasari, ed. Mil, v. 17 ; Gal. du'Pal. Pitti, i. PL 113. Annunciation, Lodovico Carried, Louvit. Mil., v. 17 ; C. & C., Italy, iii. 578; Gal du Pal. Pitti, iv. PI. 113. By Andrea del Sarto, Palazzo Pitti, Flor- By Tintoretto, S. Rocco, Venice. " A dis- ence ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. G in. The agreeable and dead picture, having all the Virgin receives the announcement from faults of the age, and none of the merits of Gabriel in presence of the Archangel Mi- ! the painter." Ruskiu, Stones of Venice, iii. chael, with sword and scales, and a Servite 322.