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 JOHN Philippe giving two Gobelins Tapestries to Queen Victoria (184G); Happy Mother, Un- happy Mother, Little Poachers, Spanish Smugglers, Little Fishermen, Death of St. Paul, Fisherman's Family, River Scamander (1850); Scene of Pillage (1852). Bellier, i. 832 ; Ch. Blanc, Eeole fran<;aise ; Lenor- mant, Beaux- Arts, i. 233 ; Meyer, Gcsch., 435 ; Noiiv. biog. gcnerale, xxvi. 78G. JOHN, ST., THE ALMSCUVER, Titia, S. Giovanni Elemosinario, Venice ; canvas, figures life-size. St. John, bishop and pa- triarch of Alexandria, seated on a raised po- dium, gives alms to a beggar at the foot of the steps. Painted in 1533 in rivalry with Pordeuone, according to Vasari. One of the finest works of the master's middle time (C. & C.). Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 441 ; C. C., Titian, i. 379. JOHN BAPTIST, ST., Gn<-r<-in<>, Capitol Gallery, Rome. Half-figure of the Saint, with one hand resting on his breast and his eyes raised to heaven. Fine head. Luvice, 331. By Mtirillo, Madrid Museum ; canvas, H. 4 ft. ;< 3 ft. 3 in. St. John, about seven years old, wearing a red tunic and sheep- skin robe, seated beside a large rock, look- ing towards a ray of light descending from heaven; his right hand is on his breast, his left holding a cross and a scroll, inscribed " Agnus Dei ;" background, rocks and trees. Collection of Mnrtjues de la Enscnada. Etched by B. Maura ; lithographed by Ca- maron, A. Lemoine, Lafosse, A. de IJclvc- dere, L. Maurin. Repetitions : Heytesbury House, Wiltshire ; Western Wood, North Cray, Kent ; (1. Delahanto, Paris. Curtis, 245 ; Liibke ; Madrazo, 473. By Murill'i, Seville Museum ; canvas, IT. 7 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 1 in. The Saint, about thirty years old, partly clothed, standing front, with joined hands, leaning against a large rock ; a cross rests on his left arm ; a lamb stands beside him on his left. Painted about 1(!7(! for high altar of church of Capu- chin Convent, Seville. Companion to St. Jotsrjth and Infant Jesus (Seville Museum). Curtis, 249. By Andrea del Sarlo, Palazzo Pitti, Flor- ence ; wood, H. 3 ft x 2 ft, 2 in. Half- length, nude, with a skin about the loins ; background, a rock ; reed cross in fore- ground. One of two mentioned by Vasari, who says that, Andrea painted a St. John for Giovanni Maria P.enintendi, who gave it to Duke Cosimo, and also a St. John which ho intended to send as a propitiatory offering to Francis I., but afterwards sold it to Otta- viano de' Medici. Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 3<>. By Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre ; wood, H. 2 ft. 3 in. 1 ft. 10 in. Half-length, with lamb-skin about the loins ; holds a cross in X " ' ' .*' I . I ,' .- St. John B.iptist. Leonardo tla Vinci, Louyfe. left hand and points to heaven with right. In collection of Francis I. ; presented by Louis XIII. to Charles I. of England, who sent him in return a portrait of Erasmus by Holbein and a Holy Family by Titian ; bought, after death of Charles, for Cl 10 by banker Jabach, who sold it to Louis XIV. Copy in the Ambrosiana, Milan, attributed to Salai. Engraved by I$oulanger. Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 58; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Cab. de 1'Amateur, iii. 31 ; Rigollot, Hist, des
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