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MADONNA she holds a rose in her loft hand. Engraved Temple ; 2d group, at right, the five Dolorous by Lasinio, Jr. Gal. di Torino, i. PI. 22. The Virgin Mysteries Christ in the Garden, Flagella- tion, Crown of Thorns, Procession to Calvary, By Spinello Spinelli, Arezzo. behind a parapet on which stands Jesus, whom she supports with both hands ; background covered with a rosebush with numerous blossoms. Called also Ma- donna del Duomo. Paint- ed for the now destroyed Church of St. Stefano, Ar- ezzo ; removed to a little church in the Via delle Derelitte, where it now is. Vasari, ed. Mil., i. C85 ; Gaz. des B. Arts (1874), ix. 114. By Leonardo da Vinri. See GaUerani. MADONNA DEL RO- SARIO (of the Rosary), Michelangelo da Caravafj- gio, Vienna Museum ; fig- ures more than life-size. Virgin enthroned ; SS. Domiuick and Peter Mar- tyr distributing crowns of roses to people. Van Dyck is said by Rosa (Pictures of Vienna Gal., 179G, i. 108) to have painted in the head of the donor. By Domenichino, Bologna Gallery ; canvas, H. 14 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 9 in. Called also II Rosario. The Vir- gin, seated in clouds in a glory of cherubs' heads, supporting the Child, who stands beside her scatter- ing roses on those who in- voke his mother's aid. She is surrounded by angels, in three groups, symbolical of the fifteen myste- ! Crucifixion ; 3d group, top, the five Glo- ries of the rosary : 1st group, at left, the five rious Mysteries Resurrection, Ascension, Joyful Mysteries Annunciation, Visitation, ! Descent of Holy Ghost, Assumption, Coro- Nativity, Purification, Christ found in the ! nation. At the left, kneeling 011 a cloud, is , . ^i^^-x" -.-. ,3 ' '::., ^^^MW Madonna del Rosario, Domenichino, Bologna Gallery. 147