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 MATIK Salon, 1808, wlierc it was awarded a gold medal ; taken to America by the artist, after the peace of 1815, and sold to Leonard Kip, New York. Atlantic Mag. (1807), xix. 228 ; Art Journal (1852), 374 MARK, ST., Fra Jiartohmmm, Palazzo 1'itti, Florence ; wood transferred to canvas, H. 11 ft. 2 in. x li ft. 10 in. St. Mark sitting in a niche, with a dosed book on his knees, and a pen in his right hand. Painted in 1514-15 for S. Marco, Florence; sold in 1092 for 480 scudi to Ferdinando de' Me- life-size. St. Mark enthroned between SS. Sebastian, Koch, Cosmo, and Damian. Paint- ed about 1512 for S. Spirito in Isola. En- graved by G. Wagner. C. & C., Titian, i. 14G. By Bartoloniineo Vivarini, S. M. de' Frari, Venice ; wood, figures a little less than life- size ; signed, and dated 1474. Saint sits in benediction on a throne ; at sides and front of which are four angels, two foremost playing a mandolin and viol ; to the left, iii niche, SS. John Baptist and Jerome ; to Miracle of St. Mark, Tintoretto, Venice Academy. dici, who left in its place a copy by Antonio Frail ch i ; taken to Paris in 1799 and trans- ferred to canvas ; returned in 1815. Copy by Anton Domenico G-abiam in Florence Academy. Engraved by Lorenzini ; La- sinio. Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 189 ; Marchese, ii. 115 ; C. & C., Italy, iii. 408 ; Gal. duPal. Pitti, i. PI. 32 ; Landon, Musve, ii. PL 55. By Tintoretto, Berlin Museum ; canvas, dated 1509. St. Mark enthroned, instruct- ing three procurators of the Zane, Cornaro, and Molino families. By Titian, sacristy of S. M. della Salute, Venice ; wood, arched at top, figures under right, SS. Paul and Nicholas. Formerly in chapel of Cornaro family. C. & C., N. Italy, i. 44. MAEK, ST., PREACHING IN ALEX- ANDRIA, Giovanni Mansweti, Venice Acad- emy ; canvas, H. 12 ft. x 19 ft. 1 1 in. ; signed. People of Alexandria listening to St. Mark's sermon in a distant temple ; many figures on foot and on horseback, in Eastern and other costume, with a band of musicians, and a leopard, stag, and other animals in foreground. Painted about 1500 for Scuola di S. Marco, Venice. C. & C., N. Italy, i. 221 ; Burckhardt, 599. soo