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 MADONNA sus, who stands in her lap and clings to her veil ; above, on each side, a cherub's head. Painted in Perugia (1500). Took its name from former owner, Countess Anna Alfani, Perugia, on whose death it passed to her heiress, Countess Beatrix Fabri/.i. Rumohr ami Passavant assign it to llaphael, but C. & C. seek in vain for evidences of his hand- ling. Not engraved. Passavant, i. 55 ; ii. 11 ; Miint/, 58 ; Ilumohr, Forschungen, iii. 74 ; C. & C., llaphael, i. 02 ; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 9 ; Liibke, llaphael, 1(5. MADONNA, ANCAJANI. See Magi, Ad- oration of, Raphael, Berlin Museum. MADONNA OF ANCONA, Titian, S. Do- menico, Ancona ; wood, arched at top, H. 10 ft. 5J in. x (! ft. 8.V in.; signed. The Vir- gin and Child on a bank of clouds floating in the sky, with Gabriel kneeling to lift the hem of her mantle ; below, St. Francis with a cross, and St. Blaise, with his hand on the shoulder of a kneeling patron, pointing heavenward ; in the background, the la- goon, with Venice in the distance. Painted in 1520 for S. Francesco, but removed about 1880 to S. Domenico. C. & C., Ti- tian, i. 233. MADONNA DEGLI ANGELI. See Ma- donna del ('olio Lungo. MADONNA WITH ANGELS, Gimabue, Florence Academy ; wood, H. 12 ft. x 8 ft. 2 in. The Virgin, with Jesus on her arm iu the act of benediction, on a throne sup- ported by eight angels ; the throne rests on niched supports, in which stand the four prophets who foretold Christ's coming. Painted for the Badia of S. Trinita, Flor- ence. One of Cimabue's earliest extant works ; style still closely Byzantine. Va- sari, ed. Mil., i. 250 ; C. A; C., Italy, i. 206 ; Gal. dell' Accad. di Firenze, PI. 1 ; Riepen- hausen, Gesch. der Malerci, i. 6. By Cimabuc, Louvre ; wood, H. 13 ft. 10 in. x 9 ft. The Virgin, enthroned, with Jesus on her lap ; on each side are three angels, placed at equal distances one above another ; on the border, forming part of the picture, are twenty-sis medallions of. saints and apostles. Painted for S. Fran- cesco, Pisa. Vasari, ed. Mil., i. 251 ; C. & C., Italy, i. 206. By Francesco Francia, Munich Gallery ; wood, H. 2 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in. The Virgin sup- ports Jesus who is standing, on a table and holding a bird ; in rear, two angels. Paint- ed about 1490 ; obtained by Maximilian II. from Zambeccari Collection, Bologna, and given by him to Gallery in 1832. C. & C., N. Italy, i. 561 ; Piuak. zu Miinchen, PI. By Raffaellino del Garbo, Berlin Museum ; wood, round, tempera, small. The Virgin standing, with Jesus in her arms, before a balustrade in a landscape ; at each side an angel, with musical instruments. A notably graceful composition, almost Raphaelesque in conception. C. & C., Italy, iii. 417. By Fra Filippo Lippi, Uffizi, Florence ; wood, figures life-size. The Virgin, half life-size, seated at left, adores Jesus held up to her by two angels. A very fine ex- ample. Sketch in the Uffizi. Similar com- position, with but one angel and the Virgin in act of taking the Child, in the Chiesa degli Innocenti, Florence. C. & C., Italy, ii. 347 ; Molini, Gall, di Firenze, iii. 84. By Andrea Manlegna, Brera, Milan. The Virgin seated on clouds, in a glory of sing- ing angels' heads, holding the Infant Christ standing on her lap, his arms around her neck. This picture was attributed to the school of Giovanni Bellini until 1885, when it was discovered that the face of the Virgin had been reduced in size by some restorer in the 17th century, who had painted a white cloth enveloping the head. It is be- lieved to be the picture painted in 1485 for Eleonora d'Aragona, Duchess of Ferrara, afterwards taken to Venice, where it was placed in the Church of S. Maria Maggiore, and whence it was brought to Milan in the time of Napoleon I. Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 394; Gaz. des B. Arts (1866), xx. 482; Kunst-Chronik, xx. 436 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K, xxi. 101. By Michelangelo, National Gallery, Lon- don ; wood, tempera, H. 3 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 6 120