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 DOMINICK, ST., Titian, Palazzo Borghese, Rome; canvas, half-length, life-size. Standing, pointing upward with right hand.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 419.

DONI (Dono, Adone), Umbrian school, (1540-1572). Of Assisi, where he painted in the lower Church of S. Francesco the Legend of St. Stephen and other works. In Perugia he painted about 1550 the Last Judgment in S. Francesco; Adoration of the Magi, in S. Pietro; and Julius III. restoring to Perugia its Municipal Government in the Hall of the Magistrates. An altarpiece by him in the Duomo, Gubbio.—Lanzi, i. 349; Ch. Blanc, École ombrienne; Burckhardt, 575.

DONI, AGNOLO, portrait, Raphael, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, H. 1 ft. 11 in. × 1 ft. 2 in. Half-length, seated near a balustrade, on which rests his left arm; black coat, red waistcoat, black cap, long hair falling on neck. Painted in Florence in 1506; sold, together with the portrait of Maddalena Doni, in 1826, by their descendants, to Leopold II., Grand Duke of Tuscany, for 5,000 scudi. Engraved by Cappelli, by G. Repi, and in Rosini's History of Italian Painting.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 325; C. & C., Raphael, i. 266; Gotti, Gal. di Firenze, 182; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, iv. 92; Müntz, 201; Passavant, ii. 39; Springer, 85; Gruyer, Portraits, i. 97.

DONI, MADDALENA (Strozzi), portrait, Raphael, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, H. 1 ft. 11 in. × 1 ft. 2 in. Half-length, nearly full face, with hands crossed in lap; dress red and blue, a gold collar and chain, and pear-shaped pearl pendant. Same history as above. Study in Louvre. Engraved by Delfini.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, iv. Pl. 93; Müntz, 141, 201; Springer, 60, 85; Gruyer, i. 105, and ref. above.

DONI, PAOLO. See Uccelli.

DONNA GRAVIDA (Pregnant Woman), Raphael (?), Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, H. 2 ft. 2 in. × 1 ft. 8 in. Half-length, in Florentine costume of 1500, wearing a cap, and a golden chain about her neck; one hand, adorned with rings, resting in her lap, the other holding gloves. Passavant says painted about 1507. Engraved by G. Vitta.—Müntz, 204; Springer, 499; Passavant, ii. 52.

Donna Gravida, Raphael (?), Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

DONNA VELATA (Veiled Lady), Raphael (?), attributed to Unknown, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, H. 2 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. A beautiful woman, half-length, seated, seen three-quarters face, turned to left; hair parted and put back behind ears, and head partly covered with a veil, which falls gracefully on each side, enveloping right arm; necklace of black stones; dress, a white plaited chemise, a low bodice trimmed with gold, with white damask sleeve. Supposed portrait of Raphael's mistress, Margherita; bears some resemblance to Madonna di San Sisto and to Fornarina in Palazzo Barberini. Passavant, Münder, Springer, Ruland, and others, consider this a genuine Raphael; Gruyer, Burckhardt, and Bode think it a Bolognese picture, perhaps after an original by Raphael. Brought to Pitti in 1824 from Villa of Poggio Reale. Engraved by L. Grüner; D. Chiossone; W. Hollar, in reverse, from a copy.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 355; Müntz,