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 a landscape with two towers in distance. Painted in Florence in 1506; presented by Guidobaldo I., Duke of Urbino, to Henry VII. of England, in return for the insignia of the Garter; registered in inventories of Henry VIII. and Charles I., after whose death sold for £150; afterwards in Paris in possession of Marquis de Sourdis, and of M. de la Noue, who paid 500 pistoles for it. In Musée Napoléon in 1802. Engraved by L. Vorsterman; Des Granges; N. de Larmessin. Tapestry made at Mortlake in time of Charles I. and at Irnham, Lincolnshire. Sketch in the Uffizi, Florence; engraved by Vorsterman from a copy.—C. & C., Raphael, i. 278; Archæologia, 298; Felibien, Entretiens, i. 228; Landon, Musée, iii. Pl. 15.

By Raphael, Louvre; wood, H. 12 in. × 10 in. St. George in armour, on a gray horse, gallops into the foreground, and having broken his lance upon the dragon, is about to despatch him with his sword; in the distance, Cleodolinda starts in flight, with arms extended; background, a beautiful landscape of trees and rocks. Painted in Perugia in 1504. Belonged to Cardinal Mazarin; bought of his heirs for Louis XIV. (C. & C.); but Villot says it was in the collection of Francis I., and thinks it the picture cited by Lomazzo (i. 48), as painted for the Duke of Urbino in 1506. Study in the Uffizi. Engraved by N. Larmessin; Vorsterman; J. L. Petit.—C. & C., Raphael, i. 206; Passavant, ii. 22; Müntz, 110; Cab. Crozat, i. Pl. 16; Musée royal, i.; Landon, Musée, iv. Pl. 62; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Filhol, i. Pl. 19.

St. George and the Dragon, Raphael, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

St. George, and the Dragon, Raphael, Louvre.

By Tintoretto, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 2 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. Princess Cleodolinda kneels in foreground; in middle distance a dead body, and beyond on the hillside St. George on horseback driving the dragon into the sea; in background a castle, and a golden sky with glory of angels. Splendid colour and masterly treatment; painted with the inspired freedom of an improvisation. Bequeathed in 1831 by Rev. W. H. Carr.—Richter, Italian Art in Nat. Gal., 86.

By Tintoretto, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The saint, armed and on horseback, attacks the dragon, near which lies the body of a