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 she holds a rose in her left hand. Engraved by Lasinio, Jr.—Gal. di Torino, i. Pl. 22.

By Spinello Spinelli, Arezzo. The Virgin behind a parapet on which stands Jesus, whom she supports with both hands; background covered with a rosebush with numerous blossoms. Called also Madonna del Duomo. Painted for the now destroyed Church of St. Stefano, Arezzo; removed to a little church in the Via delle Derelitte, where it now is.—Vasari, ed. Mil., i. 685; Gaz. des B. Arts (1874), ix. 114.

By Leonardo da Vinci. See Gallerani.

MADONNA DEL ROSARIO (of the Rosary), Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Vienna Museum; figures more than life-size. Virgin enthroned; SS. Dominick and Peter Martyr distributing crowns of roses to people. Van Dyck is said by Rosa (Pictures of Vienna Gal., 1796, i. 108) to have painted in the head of the donor.

Madonna del Rosario, Domenichino, Bologna Gallery.

By Domenichino, Bologna Gallery; canvas, H. 14 ft. 8 in. × 8 ft. 9 in. Called also Il Rosario. The Virgin, seated in clouds in a glory of cherubs' heads, supporting the Child, who stands beside her scattering roses on those who invoke his mother's aid. She is surrounded by angels, in three groups, symbolical of the fifteen mysteries of the rosary: 1st group, at left, the five Joyful Mysteries—Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Purification, Christ found in the Temple; 2d group, at right, the five Dolorous Mysteries—Christ in the Garden, Flagellation, Crown of Thorns, Procession to Calvary, Crucifixion; 3d group, top, the five Glorious Mysteries—Resurrection, Ascension, Descent of Holy Ghost, Assumption, Coronation. At the left, kneeling on a cloud, is