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 in 1796 to Gavin Hamilton for 30 ducats, it being supposed to be a copy; afterwards in collection of Earl of Suffolk, of whom bought for National Gallery in 1880 for £9,000. Thought by English critics to be the original of the picture in the Louvre, but Richter considers it a copy.—Lomazzo, Trattato, ii. 171; Art Journal (1881), 30; (1884), 113; Waagen, Treasures, iii. 168; Richter, Leonardo, 99; Ital. Art. in Nat. Gal., 101; Heaton, Leonardo, 228.

MADONNA, ROGERS, Raphael, Mrs. R. J. Mackintosh, London; wood, H. 2 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. 1 in. The Virgin sitting behind a parapet on which Jesus stands; he has his arms around her neck, and she supports him with one arm while the other clasps one of his feet. Painted in Rome about 1511. In Orleans Gallery; sold for 150 guineas to Mr. Willet; passed to Henry Hope and to Samuel Rogers, the poet; sold in 1856 to R. J. Mackintosh. Copies in Bergamo, Pesth, and Rome. Study for the heads in British Museum. Engraved by J. C. Flipart, and others.—Cab. Crozat, i. Pl. 22; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 76, 194; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 91; Passavant, ii. 120; Müntz, 377.

MADONNA DELLA RONDINE (of the Swallow), Carlo Crivelli, National Gallery, London; wood, tempera, 4 ft. 11 in. × 3 ft. 6 in. The Virgin and Child enthroned, with SS. Jerome and Sebastian. Enriched with fruit and flowers, and with a swallow. In a predella below are: St. Catherine; St. Jerome in Wilderness; Nativity; Martyrdom of St. Sebastian; St. George and Dragon. Painted after 1490. Formerly in Church of Franciscans, Matelica; acquired in 1862 from Count L. de Sanctis, Matelica.—Cat. Nat. Gal.; Richter, Italian Art in Nat. Gal., 83, 108.

MADONNA DELLA RONDINELLA (of the Swallow), Guercino, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas; H. 3 ft. 10 in × 4 ft. 7 in. The Virgin, seated in clouds, turns her head mournfully towards an angel, who presents her a rose; Jesus, in her lap, holds a swallow on his finger. The group of Virgin and Child is identical with that in the upper part of St. William taking the Monastic Habit, in the Bologna Gallery, excepting that in the latter picture Jesus has in his hand a cross instead of a swallow. Engraved by Bonafede.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii. Pl. 17.

MADONNA DELLA ROSA (of the Rose), Parmigianino, Dresden Gallery; wood, H. 4 ft. × 3 ft. 2 in. The Infant Jesus reclining and resting one hand upon the globe of the earth, holds in the other a rose apparently just received from the Virgin. Painted, according to Vasari, for Pietro Aretino, the poet, but presented to Clement VII. on his visit to Bologna (1529) to crown Charles V.; afterwards in hands of Zani family of that city. Affò says it was originally a Venus and Cupid, and thinks it was sold to Zani. It was bought in Rome in 1752 by Crespi of the prelate Dion. Zani for Augustus III., King of Poland, for 5,000 scudi. Engraved by G. C. Venenti; Dom. Pellegrini.—Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 228; Affò, Vita Parmigianino, 71; Ch. Blanc, École lombarde, Parmigianino; Gal. roy. de Dresde, ii. Pl. 3.

By Raphael, Madrid Museum; wood, transferred to canvas, H. 3 ft. 8 in. × 3 ft. (Virgen de la Rosa). The Virgin, seated, with Jesus on her knees, with John Baptist, at left, offering a scroll inscribed Ecce Agnus Dei; behind, St. Joseph, in contemplation. Painted about 1517; placed by Philip IV. in Escorial. Sometimes called Holy Family of the Legend; but more commonly as above, because a rose was painted in the lower part when the picture was restored (about 1852). Many copies, with variations. Engraved by Forster; Sirain.—Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 372; Passavant, ii. 533; Lübke, Raphael, 79, 115; Madrazo, 193.

By Sassoferrato, Turin Gallery; canvas, H. 2 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft. 11 in. The Virgin, seated, half-length, in front of a curtain in a landscape, with Jesus lying in her lap;