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 JOHN passed to Collection of Andre le Notre, and finally to Louis XTV. Engraved by ( 1. Au- dran. Poussin painted this subject a second time in 1048. Landon, Musce, iii. 37 ; lie- veil, xi. 791. JOHN BAPTIST, ST., SLEEPING, Carlo Doli, Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; canvas, oval, H. 1 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 10 in. The infant St. John asleep, with the reed cross beside him ; behind him, St. Elizabeth in prayer, and St. Zacharias reading ; above, left, three winged cherubs' heads. Painted for the Grand Duchess Vittoria della Itovere ; carried to Paris in 1799 ; returned in LS15. Many copies. Engraved by L. Madelli ; Lang- lois. Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii. PI. 4IS ; Filhol, iv. PI. 2(i(i ; Landon, Musce, xvi. PI. 114. JOHN" BAPTIST, ST., IN AVILDF.lt NESS, Guido Iteni, Duhvich Gallery, Eng- land ; canvas, H. 7 ft. I! in. x 5 ft. 2 in. Life- si/e figure, nearly nude, sitting on a rock, with gray-coloured draper}' about the hips ; right arm raised, left hand holding a cross of reeds. In distance a group of eight fig- ures ; a wood in the background; cloudy sky. Bought by M. Desenfans from Mr. A. AYilson for 1,000 guineas. Engraved by It Morghen (?). One of three pictures by Guido, mentioned by Malvasia, of the same subject. Malvasia, Felsina Pittrice, iv. lil, 90 ; Leslie, Constable's Life and Letters, i. 107 ; Duhvich Cat., 129. By /{ajihai'l, Louvre ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. 7 in. A young man, nearly nude, crowned with leaves, sitting astride of the trunk of a tree, holding a scroll in one hand and pointing with the other to the reed cross. This picture, which had been long buried in the Magasins du Louvre, and had suffered greatly, was placed in the gallery under Napoleon III. Engraved by S. Vallee Vil- lot, Cat. Louvre ; Cab. Crozat, i. PI. 14. By llajihai-l, Uffi/i, Florence ; canvas, H. ft ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. A youth, nude, with a panther-skin about his loins, seated fronting the spectator, pointing to a cross erected near him ; background, a desert landscape. Painted for Cardinal Colon na, who gave it to his physician Jacopo da Carpi ; in Vn- sari's time it was in possession of Francesco Benintendi ; passed to Uftizi before 1589. Original sketch in UtK/.i. Copy, formerly in Orleans Collection, sold to Lord Berwick for 1,500, now at Tintern Abbey, near Chepstow, England. Others in Bologna, Darmstadt, and Berlin. Engraved by Ber- vic, Biondi, Gutenberg, Lepcrier, and oth- V. ' . - v, - ' ^ " riT -^ < f '' '^-  v?>   ' ' 1  - j v ^. ^ tk V* ^-'V ^i-?- kv TI/IIIII, Venice Academy ; canvas, H. Ii ft. (i in. x4 ft. 4 in.; signed. St. John Bap- tist alone at the foot of a rock, where the lamb is asleep. Painted before 1557 for S. M. Maggiore, Venice. Keplica, with varia- tion, in sacristy of Escorial. Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 4:57; ('. X ('., Titian, ii. 251 ; Gil- bed, Cadore, :{li. JOHN EVANGELIST, ST., <w,n<-hi,t<,, Leigh Court Collection, England ; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. xl! ft. H in. St. John in a vision, supported by two angels. Formerly in Giustiniani Collection; passed to Dela- hante iu Paris, thence to London, where