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 on her knees, takes a cross offered him by St. John kneeling. Painted in Rome in 1508-9; formerly in the Church of Monte Oliveto at Nocera dei Pagani, near Naples, and bought by the Marchese del Carpio, Viceroy of Naples, for about 1,000 scudi. Later in gallery of Duke d' Alba, Madrid; Duchess d' Alba said to have left it in 1801 to her doctor, who sold it to Count Bourke, Danish Ambassador at Madrid; sold by him for £4,000 to the banker Coesvelt, who sold it in 1836 to Nicholas I. of Russia for £14,000. Ancient copies numerous. Engraved by Desnoyers (1823); Fr. von Stadler; Vitali; autotype by Ad. Braun & Co., Paris.—Passavant, ii. 105; Müntz, 377; Springer, 193; Gaz. des B. Arts, xvii. (1864), 321; xix. (1879), 187; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 193; Lübke, Raphael, 54, 103; Réveil, i. 49.

Madonna della Casa d'Alba, Raphael, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

MADONNA DI CASA PESARO, Titian, S. M. de' Frari, Venice; canvas, arched at top, figures larger than life. The Virgin, with Jesus in her lap, enthroned in the portico of a temple; SS. Peter, Francis, and Anthony of Padua implore her intercession in favor of Jacopo Pesaro and other members of the Pesaro family, who kneel at the foot of the throne; a man in armour with the standard of the Church and a captive Turk symbolize the victory over the Turks at Santa Maura. Painted in 1526; still in its original place, near which is Titian's tomb. One of the finest art creations of any age (C. & C.).—C. & C., Titian, i. 305; Moschini, Guida di Venezia, ii. 194.

MADONNA DI CASA SCOTTI, Liberale da Verona, Casa Scotti, Milan. Formerly ascribed to Mantegna.

MADONNA DI CASA TEMPI, Raphael, Munich Gallery; wood, H. 2 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft. 7 in. The Virgin, half-length, standing, pressing Jesus tenderly in her arms; background, landscape with town. A masterpiece which shows an almost absolute abandonment of Umbrian for Tuscan principles (C. & C.). Painted in Florence in 1506. Long unnoticed, covered with dust in Casa Tempi, Florence, where it was as early as 1677; sold in 1829 to Louis I. of Bavaria for 16,000 scudi. Much damaged sketch, of doubtful authenticity, in Musée Fabre, Montpellier. Engraved by B. Desnoyers; Ant. Morghen; S. Jesi; S. Amsler; Wagner; Th. Kisling.—C. & C., Raphael, i. 269; Passavant, ii. 37; Müntz, 170; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 43; Lübke, Raphael, 33, 97; Pinak. zu München, Pl.; Civelli, Bell. di Firenze, 282.

MADONNA OF THE CASIO FAMILY, Giovanni Antonio Beltraffio, Louvre; wood, 6 ft. 1 in. square. The Virgin, seated in centre, with infant Jesus on her knees, receiving the homage of two kneeling donors, Giacomo and Girolamo Casio; the latter, a poet, crowned with laurel, presented by S. John Baptist; near him is S. Sebastian attached to a tree. Painted in 1500 for the chapel of the Casio family in the Church of the Misericordia, near Bologna, in commemoration of the deliverance of Girolamo Casio de' Medici, the poet, from captivity by the Turks. Passed from the chapel to the Brera, Milan, whence it was acquired by the Musée français by exchange in 1812.—Ch. Blanc, École milanaise; Mündler, 39.

MADONNA, CASTELFRANCO. See Madonna with Saints, Giorgione.