MADDERSTEG, MICHIEL, born at Amsterdam in 1659, died there in 1709. Dutch school; marine painter, the best pupil of Ludolf Backhuyzen, whom he often approached in the treatment of water, while his skies and aërial perspective are inferior; was especially skilled in the representation of ships, of which he was also a builder. Spent most of his life at the court of Frederick I. of Prussia, and after his return to Amsterdam became a picture dealer. Works: Fleet of Frederic I. on the Spree, Whalers, Berlin Museum (not exhibited); Others in Royal Palaces at Potsdam and Sans-Souci; Roadstead of Amsterdam with many Vessels, Kunsthalle, Hamburg.—Kramm, iv. 1039; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 505.
MADER, GEORG, born at Steinach, Tyrol,
Sept. 9, 1824, died at Gastein, May 31,
1881. History painter, pupil in Innsbruck
of Hans Mader (1796-1848, by whom is an
Allegory on Sacred Music in the Ferdinandeum
at Innsbruck); then at Munich Academy
of Heinrich Hess, and continued his
studies under Kaulbach, Storch, and Johann
Schraudolph; assisted the latter in the
frescos in Speyer Cathedral, returned to
Tyrol, where in 1858-73 he painted cycles
in fresco in churches at Bruneck and Steinach,
spending his winters at Munich. He
greatly promoted glass painting in his country,
and was one of the founders of the institute
for this branch of art at Innsbruck.
Works: Prophecy of Simon, Jesus in the
Temple (1852), Vision of David and Abraham
(1853), Speyer Cathedral; Cycle from
Life of Mary (1858-66), Bruneck, Tyrol;
Cycle from Life of Christ (1867-73), Steinach,
ib.; Scenes from Life of the Magdalen,
Martyrdom of St. Victor, Four Evangelists;
Death of St. Joseph, Court Chapel, Innsbruck;
Cycle in Paris Church at Ischl, Upper
Austria.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xx. 30;
Kunst-Chronik, xvi. 670; Müller, 347;
Wurzbach, xvi. 239.
MADONNA, Mariotto Albertinelli, Fitzwilliam
Museum, Cambridge; wood, signed,
dated 1509. The Virgin, with a pomegranate
in her hand, holds the Child standing
on a parapet; John Baptist, with the reed
cross, looks on; a bird pecks food; vase of
flowers on wall. Much repainted.—Meyer,
Kunst. Lex., i. 222; C. & C., Italy, iii. 487.
By Fra Bartolommeo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; wood, signed. The Virgin, sitting on the ground, holding Jesus to her bosom; four angels, two of whom play on the mandolin. Painted in 1515. Engraved by Simonneau; Sanders.—C. & C., Italy, iii. 463; Hermitage Cat.
By Giovanni Bellini, Brera, Milan; wood, H. 5 ft. × 4 ft.; signed, dated 1510. The Virgin, seated, with Jesus standing on her knees, before a green curtain; background, a landscape, with a horseman and a shepherd and flock. Formerly in Sannazaro Gallery, Milan. Finely modelled and richly coloured.—C. & C., N. Italy i. 184; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 411, 418.
By Lodovico Carracci, Louvre; canvas upon wood, round, 3 ft. diam. The Virgin, seated, seen to knees, supports Jesus, standing, with her left hand, and has the right upon a book. Bought by Louis XV. of Prince de Carignan for 800 livres. Engraved by Bart. Roger; Bettelini.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Musée royal, i.; Filhol, vii. Pl. 452.
By Giulio Romano, Uffizi, Florence; wood. The Virgin holds a book in her left hand and gives flowers with the other to Jesus, who smiles at her. The shadows have blackened.—Paris, Gal. di Firenze, Pl. 53; Lavice, 45.
By Fra Fllippo Lippi, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, round, 4 ft. 3 in. diam. The Virgin, seated in a chair, holding a pomegranate, which Jesus, on her knee, grasps with his right hand; in distance, to left, St. Anna in bed, and infant Virgin in arms of a nurse, a figure at bedside announcing the coming of a servant; to right, two women and a child, with presents, ascend steps; in distance, Joachim and Anna meeting. Head of the Virgin said to be a portrait of Lucrezia Buti. Engraved by G.
