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 MAGI for S. Giorgio, near Ferrara. One of Garo- falo's best works, and still very brilliant. Vasari, ed. Mil., vi. 4G5 ; Cat. Ferrara Gal. By Gentile da Fabriauo, Florence Acad- emy ; wood, H. 5 ft. 9 in. X 7 ft. -4 in. ; signed, dated 1423. The Virgin, with Jesus in her j lap, seated at left, attended by St. Joseph ; and two women ; at right, the three Kings, the foremost one kneeling to kiss the Child's foot, followed by a large retinue of follow- 6 ; Albertini, Memoriale, 14 ; C. &C., Italy, iii. 100 ; Gal. Accad. di Fireiize, PI. 22. By Domenico Ghirlandajo, S. M. degli Li- noceuti, Florence ; painted in tempera, dat- ed 1488. The Virgin and Child receiving the three Kings, with children kneeling at sides ; in distance, fine architecture and a landscape ; a cavalcade advances through an arch, and far away the angel announces to the shepherds ; in fields to right, massacre Adoration of Magi, Gentile da Fabriano, Florence Academy. ers, grooms, and huntsmen, with horses, camels, dogs, monkeys, and parrots. The Saviour, the Virgin, and the annunciating angel appear in the medallions of the ga- bles ; the predella comprises the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, and the Presentation in the Temple, the last of which was earned to Paris in 1812 and is now in the Louvre. The face of the turbaned man behind the last of the Kings is engraved by Vasari as Gentile's portrait. Painted for the sacristy of S. Trinita, Florence. Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. of the innocents ; above, four angels, one with a scroll. The fourth figure from side of picture, to the left of the Virgin, is a portrait of Ghirlandajo. The finest panel by the master. Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 258; Kicha, viii. 128 ; C. & C., Italy, ii. 488. By Domenico Ghirlandajo, Uffizi, Flor- ence ; wood, round ; figures less than natu- ral size; dated 1487. The Virgin, seated, with Jesus on her lap ; the three Kings kneeling, one leaning over to kiss the foot of the Child ; at sides, several attendants. Painted prob- 175