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 *ecuted in commutation of a vow. Vasari says that for drawing, grace, and beauty of colour, for liveliness and relief, no artist had ever done the like. Now much deteriorated. Engraved by Zuccherelli; Chiari; R. Morghen; Lazzarini.—Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 45; C. & C., Italy, iii. 572; Klas. der Malerei, i. Pl. 29; Ch. Blanc, École florentine; Dohme, 2iii. 2; do. (Keane), 438; Réveil, ix. 619.

Madonna del Sacco, Andrea del Sarto, SS Annunziata de' Servi, Florence.

MADONNA WITH ST. ANNA, Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre; wood, H. 5 ft. 6 in. × 4 ft. 3 in. The Virgin, seated on St. Anna's knees, leans forward to take Jesus, who is caressing a lamb; background, a mountainous country. Said to have been bought by Francis I., who had it hung in his oratory. If so, it found its way back to Italy, for it was purchased there in 1629 by Cardinal Richelieu, after whose death it passed into collection of Louis XIV. Though its authenticity has been doubted, it is unhesitatingly affirmed by some of the best judges. A copy, attributed to Salai, formerly in S. Celso, Milan, now in Leuchtenberg Gallery, Munich; another in Brera, Milan, with varied background, attributed to Bernardino Luini; a third in Uffizi, Florence, attributed to Salai. Cartoon, differing in composition, in Royal Academy, London. Engraved by Laugier; G. Cantini.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 58; Musée français, i. Part 3; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Landon, Musée, x. Pl. 58; Clement, 217, 374; Rigollot, Hist. des Arts, etc., 268; Richter, Leonardo, 100; Mündler, Essai, 113; Ch. Blanc, École florentine; Heaton, Leonardo, 84, 230; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 360; A. Marks, St. Anne of L. da V. (London, 1883, reprinted from Transactions of R. Soc. of Literature); Réveil, vi. 367.

Madonna with St. Anna, Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre.

MADONNA OF ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, Raphael, ex-King Francis II. of Naples; wood, in two parts, main panel 5 ft. 8 in. sq., lunette 2 ft. 6 in. high. Virgin enthroned, under a canopy, with Jesus seated on her knee; beside them kneels St. John; on the sides, to the right St. Margaret and St. Paul, to the left St. Catherine and St. Peter. In the lunette, the Heavenly Father, with two seraphs behind and a winged angel on each hand. Painted in Perugia in 1504-5 as an altarpiece for Convent of St. Anthony of Padua; sold in 1677 to Count Antonio Bigazzini, of Perugia, for 2,000 scudi; transferred soon after to the