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 *berg Collection, St. Petersburg; Glory of St. Francis, S. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice; and several in the Venice Academy.

C. & C., N. Italy, i. 247; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 628; Burckhardt, 601; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., i. 549.

CATHERINE, ST., Raphael, National Gallery, London; wood, H. 2 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft. 9-1/2 in. St. Catherine of Alexandria, standing, leaning upon the wheel, one hand on her heart, her eyes raised heavenward, whence rays of light proceed; background, a landscape with hills and a lake. Painted in Florence in 1507. In the Aldobrandini and Borghese collections; bought from latter, end of last century, by Mr. Day, who sold it to Lord Northwick for £2,000; bought from Beckford for National Gallery in 1839. Surface injured by cleaning. Copy in Trubetzkoy Collection, St. Petersburg. Studies in the Louvre and at Chatsworth. Engraved by Marc Antonio; A. B. Desnoyers; Leroux.—C. & C., Raphael, i. 340; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 579; Passavant, ii. 56; Müntz, 229; Richter, 55.

By Guido Reni, Turin Gallery; canvas, H. 3 ft. × 2 ft. 6 in. St. Catherine, seated, seen to knees, with a lamb in her lap and a palm in her hand. Engraved by D. Testi.—Gal. di Torino, iii. Pl. 86.

CATHERINE, ST., IN ECSTACY, Ales. Tiarini, Bologna Gallery; canvas, H. 7 ft. × 4 ft. 7 in. St. Catherine of Siena, supported by two angels, about to kneel before a crucifix. Formerly in church of the convent of S. M. Maddalena. Engraved by N. Mellini; A. Marchi.—Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 27.

Marriage of St. Catherine, Fra Bartolommeo, Louvre.

CATHERINE, ST., MARRIAGE OF, Fra Bartolommeo, Louvre; wood, H. 8 ft. 5 in. × 7 ft. 6 in.; signed, dated 1511. The Virgin, enthroned, attended by SS. Peter, Bartholomew, Vincent, and others, holding palms, presides at the mystic marriage of Jesus with St. Catherine, who kneels before her; behind her, to right, SS. Francis and Dominic embracing; above, angels sustain the curtains of the canopy. Painted for S. Marco, Florence; presented in 1512 to Jacques Hurault, Bishop of Autun, ambassador of Louis XII. to Florentine Republic; long in sacristy of Cathedral of Autun; removed in 1801 to Musée Napoléon; belonged to collection of Francis I.—Landon, Musée, 2d Col., iii. Pl. 56; Villot, Louvre; C. & C., Italy, iii. 451; Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 184.

By Boccaccio Boccaccino, Venice Academy; wood, H. 2 ft. 10 in. × 4 ft. 7 in.; signed. The Virgin sitting, holding Jesus, who gives the ring to kneeling St. Catherine; St. Rose, standing; SS. Peter and John Baptist kneeling.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 445.

By Correggio, Capitol Museum, Rome. The Virgin, with Jesus on her knees, seated under a tree in a landscape; at right, St. Catherine, kneeling, with a palm in her hand, is receiving the ring from the child; at her feet is part of the wheel and a sword. Replica in Naples.—Righetti, Campidoglio, ii. Pl. 273.

By Correggio, Louvre; wood, H. 3 ft. 5 in. × 3 ft. 4 in. St. Catherine receives a