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 *tion to M. de Montarsis, thence to M. Rondé du Roy, from whom bought by Duc d'Orléans; transferred to canvas by Hacquin; bought by Duke of Bridgewater for £3,000. Old copies in museums of Berlin and Naples, National Gallery, London, and Historical Society, New York. Engraved by Boulanger; Larmessin; Romanet; F. Poilly; G. Heinzmann; Giudetti (1827); Schuller (1827); Lorichon (1832); C. Cattaneo; Dulmer; Landon.—Passavant, ii. 110; Springer (Dohme, 2ii.), 74; Cab. Crozat, i. 21; Gower, Hist. Gal. of England; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 82; Lübke, Raphael, 55, 105; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 27, 493.

MADONNA, BURGHLEY HOUSE, Jan van Eyck, Marquis of Exeter, Burghley House, near Stamford, England. The Virgin with Infant Christ in her arms, and St. Barbara presenting the donor, an ecclesiastic in white robes, who is kneeling.—Waagen, Treasures, iii. 406.

Madonna of Burgomaster Meyer, Hans Holbein, Darmstadt.

MADONNA OF BURGOMASTER MEYER, Hans Holbein, the younger, Collection of Princess Charles of Hesse Darmstadt; wood, H. 4 ft. 9 in. × 3 ft. 4 in. The Virgin, as Queen of Heaven, standing in a niche, holding Jesus, who extends one hand in benediction; on left, kneeling, are Jacob Meyer, burgomaster of Basle, and a youth, the latter holding a nude infant standing; on right, kneeling, are Meyer's first wife, Magdalen Ber, his second wife, Dorothea Kannengiesser, and Dorothea's daughter Anna. Painted about 1525-26. Bought in Paris in 1822 from M. Delehante by Prince Wilhelm of Prussia for 2,500 thalers. Replica in Dresden Gallery.—Mantz, Hans Holbein, 54; W. & W., ii. 469; Kugler (Crowe), i. 206; Förster, v.

MADONNA OF BURLEIGH HOUSE, Titian, Burleigh House, England; half-length, half of life-size. The Virgin, seated on a stone bench in front of a landscape, looks fondly at Jesus, who smiles as he lies full-length in her lap. Painted about 1508.—C. & C., Titian, i. 111.

MADONNA OF CADORE, Titian (?), parish church of Cadore; canvas, H. 2 ft. × 4 ft. 3 in. The Virgin (Titian's last wife?) bends over Jesus, to whom she gives the breast; to the right, St. Andrew (Francesco Vecelli), bending under a large cross; to the left, St. Titian of Oderzo (said to be Marco Vecelli) kneeling in prayer, with an acolyte (Titian himself) bearing a crozier. Painted about 1560, after death of his brother Francesco Vecelli, probably by Orazio Vecelli, though Vasari assigns it to Titian. The part containing the Madonna and St. Andrew was cut out by a thief, but recovered and restored to its place.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 442; C. & C., Titian, ii. 297; Ridolfi, Maraviglie, i. 265; Gilbert, Cadore, 96, 98.

MADONNA DE' CALZOLARI (of the Shoemakers), Il Sodoma, fresco on a house, corner of the Piazza de Tolomei, Siena. The Virgin, with Jesus in her arms, between SS. John, Francis, Roch, and Crispin, the