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 London; wood, H. 3 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. 8 in. The Virgin seated, with the Child on her knees; Elizabeth with infant St. John seated at her right hand. Formerly in Palazzo Aldobrandino, Rome; taken to England in 1806, and passed through hands of Mr. Irvine and Mr. Buchanan to Rev. W. H. Carr, who bequeathed it in 1831 to the National Gallery.—Réveil, iv. 254.

Holy Family, Andrea del Sarto, National Gallery, London.

By Andrea del Sarto, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, H. 4 ft. 1 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. The Virgin, kneeling, looks at Jesus, who smiles as he lies before her; behind him infant St. John standing. St. Joseph, to left, leans his head on his hand. Landscape background. Painted about 1521 for Zanobi Bracci. Engraved by Paradisi.—C. & C., Italy, iii. 576; Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 35; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii. Pl. 117.

By Andrea del Sarto, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. Jesus, astride on the knee of the Virgin, who sits on the ground, turns to infant Baptist, supported by St. Elizabeth; in foreground a reed cross. "Perfectly handled in Andrea's fused transparent manner" (C. & C.). Painted about 1529 for Ottaviano de' Medici. Ancient copy in Dulwich Gallery, St. Joseph being added. This figure, different in style, recalls the manner of Vasari, Andrea's scholar. Engraved by Guzzi.—C. & C., Italy, iii. 576; Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 51; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, iv. Pl. 114; Richter, Cat. Dulwich Gal., 151.

By Girolamo Savoldo, Turin Gallery; canvas, H. 3 ft. × 4 ft. 6 in.; signed, dated 1527. The Virgin, with hands joined, behind a cradle or cushion on which Jesus is lying; at left a donor—a man in a furred cloak—lifting a cloth from the waking Child; at right, St. Francis, in prayer. Replica, long attributed to Pordenone, at Hampton Court, in which a second donor, a woman, is substituted for St. Francis.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 427; Law, Hist. Cat. Hampton Court, 43.

By Andrea Solario, Casa Poldi, Milan; wood, figures one-fifth life-size; signed, dated 1515. The Virgin, sitting, holding Jesus, to whom Joseph is presenting fruit; in background, the ass in a glade.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 59.

By Titian, Louvre; canvas, H. 2 ft. 8 in. × 3 ft. 6 in. The Virgin, seated under a tree to the left, holds Jesus on her lap; St. John coming forward with his lamb and St. Joseph looking on; in distance a servant leads the ox and ass, and two angels in the air carry the cross; landscape background. Painted in 1530; belonged to Cardinal Mazarin, bought of his heirs for Louis XIV. Replica of Titian's time in Escorial; another from Orleans Gallery, now in Holford Gallery, London; engraved by Teniers, considered by Waagen and Mündler superior to that in Louvre; others in Royal Institution, Liverpool, and Modena Gallery; later adaptations in Stockholm and Berlin Galleries.—C. & C., Titian, i. 341; Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 429; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 194; Mündler, Essai, 207; Ch. Blanc, École venitienne.

By Paolo Veronese, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, figures life-size, half-length. The Virgin seated, with Jesus asleep in her lap; at