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 passed to Collection of André le Nôtre, and finally to Louis XIV. Engraved by G. Audran. Poussin painted this subject a second time in 1648.—Landon, Musée, iii. 37; Reveil, xi. 791.

JOHN BAPTIST, ST., SLEEPING, Carlo Dolci, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, oval, H. 1 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft. 10 in. The infant St. John asleep, with the reed cross beside him; behind him, St. Elizabeth in prayer, and St. Zacharias reading; above, left, three winged cherubs' heads. Painted for the Grand Duchess Vittoria della Rovere; carried to Paris in 1799; returned in 1815. Many copies. Engraved by L. Martelli; Langlois.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii. Pl. 43; Filhol, iv. Pl. 266; Landon, Musée, xvi. Pl. 64.

JOHN BAPTIST, ST., IN WILDERNESS, Guido Reni, Dulwich Gallery, England; canvas, H. 7 ft. 3 in. × 5 ft. 2 in. Life-size figure, nearly nude, sitting on a rock, with gray-coloured drapery about the hips; right arm raised, left hand holding a cross of reeds. In distance a group of eight figures; a wood in the background; cloudy sky. Bought by M. Desenfans from Mr. A. Wilson for 1,000 guineas. Engraved by R. Morghen (?). One of three pictures by Guido, mentioned by Malvasia, of the same subject.—Malvasia, Felsina Pittrice, iv. 31, 90; Leslie, Constable's Life and Letters, i. 107; Dulwich Cat., 129.

By Raphael, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 7 in. A young man, nearly nude, crowned with leaves, sitting astride of the trunk of a tree, holding a scroll in one hand and pointing with the other to the reed cross. This picture, which had been long buried in the Magasins du Louvre, and had suffered greatly, was placed in the gallery under Napoleon III. Engraved by S. Vallée.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Cab. Crozat, i. Pl. 14.

By Raphael, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, H. 5 ft. 9 in. × 5 ft. A youth, nude, with a panther-skin about his loins, seated fronting the spectator, pointing to a cross erected near him; background, a desert landscape. Painted for Cardinal Colonna, who gave it to his physician Jacopo da Carpi; in Vasari's time it was in possession of Francesco Benintendi; passed to Uffizi before 1589. Original sketch in Uffizi. Copy, formerly in Orleans Collection, sold to Lord Berwick for £1,500, now at Tintern Abbey, near Chepstow, England. Others in Bologna, Darmstadt, and Berlin. Engraved by Bervic, Biondi, Gutenberg, Leperier, and others.—Vasari, Ed. Mil., iv. 370; Passavant, i. 258; ii. 287; Molini, Gal. di Firenze, i. 1; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 461; Cab. Crozat, i. Pl. 19.

St. John Baptist in Wilderness, Raphael, Uffizi, Florence.

By Titian, Venice Academy; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 in. × 4 ft. 4 in.; signed. St. John Baptist alone at the foot of a rock, where the lamb is asleep. Painted before 1557 for S. M. Maggiore, Venice. Replica, with variation, in sacristy of Escorial.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 437; C. & C., Titian, ii. 251; Gilbert, Cadore, 36.

JOHN EVANGELIST, ST., Domenichino, Leigh Court Collection, England; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. × 6 ft. 8 in. St. John in a vision, supported by two angels. Formerly in Giustiniani Collection; passed to Delahante in Paris, thence to London, where