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 MADONNA MADONNA AND ST. FRANCIS, Cm- do Reni, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The saint, kneeling, with bis bands crossed on bis breast, adores the Infant Jesus who stands on bis mother's knees ; above them, a violet-coloured drapery held up by three angels. Formerly at Malmaison. MADONNA OF ST. GEORGE, Correy- i/io, Dresden Gallery ; wood, H. 10 ft. 1 in. X ft. 8 in. Tbe Virgin, with Jesus on her lap, enthroned in a chapel, through the arch Madonna of St. George, Correggio, Dresden Gallery of which is seen a landscape ; below, on one side, St. George in armour, with bis foot on the dragon's head, and behind him St. Peter Martyr ; on the other side, St. John Baptist, and behind him St. Geminiauus receiving the model of the church from an angel ; cherubs in foreground. Painted for broth- erhood of S. Pietro Martire, Modena, and placed in their church about 1530-32 ; came in 1G49 into possession of Francesco I. of Modena, whence passed to Dresden Gallery in 1745-40. Copy by Cesare Are- tusi in S. Barnaba, Mantua. Engraved by Bertelli, Giovannini of Bologna (1699), and by Beauvais. Restored by Hartmann, and Schirmer (1858). Meyer, Correggio, 315, 479 ; Gal. Roy. de Dresde, i. PI. 2 ; Landon, (Euvres, viii. PI. 24 ; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 504 ; Hiibner, Dresden Gab, i. 9 ; Reveil, ix. 001. By Giacomo Francia, Bologna Gallery ; wood, H. 8 ft 1 in. x 4 ft. 11 in. ; signed, dated 1520. The Virgin, seated, holding- Jesus, who reaches for the reed cross held by the kneeling St. John ; at right, St. George, in full armour, holding his banner by the staff; at left, St. Sebastian tied to a tree and pierced with arrows ; behind, SS. Francis and Bernard kneeling ; above, three angels with palms and flowers. For- merly in the suppressed Church of S. Fran- cesco, Bologna. Engraved by G. Rosaspina. Pinac. di Bologna, PI. 34 ; Lanzi, iii. 20. MADONNA OF ST. JEROME. See Gi- onw, II. MADONNA WITH ST. JOHN, Anton van Jiijck, Munich Gallery ; wood, H. 4 ft. 7 iu. x 3 ft. 7 in. The Virgin, half-length, standing, holds Jesus standing on an archi- tectural fragment ; at left, St. John, half- length, offers a scroll. Munich Gal., PI. 55; Eastlake, Notes, 08. By Ginlio Romano, Louvre ; wood, H. 11 in. x 10 in. Tbe Virgin, seated, with Jesus in her arms ; behind, to right, Infant St. John, with reed cross, pointing with left hand to Jesus. Supposed to have been painted for Cardinal Gonzaga. Filhol, v. 355 ; Landon, vi. PL 7 ; Villot, Cat. Louvre. By Guido Reni, Louvre ; copper, H. 10 in. x 8 in. The Virgin, seated, holds on her knees the Infant Jesus, who blesses the young St. John embracing his feet ; at right, in window, a vase of flowers. Collection of Louis XTV. Many old and well-executed copies. Engraved by Vallet ; Bloemaert ; Locbon. Filhol, i. PL 02 ; Landon, Musi-e, vi. PL 53. By Guido Reni, Uffizi, Florence ; copper. The Virgin (half-figure) near Jesus (seated 152