on her knees, takes a cross offered him by St. John kneeling. Painted in Rome in 1508-9; formerly in the Church of Monte Oliveto at Nocera dei Pagani, near Naples, and bought by the Marchese del Carpio, Viceroy of Naples, for about 1,000 scudi. Later in gallery of Duke d' Alba, Madrid; Duchess d' Alba said to have left it in 1801 to her doctor, who sold it to Count Bourke, Danish Ambassador at Madrid; sold by him for £4,000 to the banker Coesvelt, who sold it in 1836 to Nicholas I. of Russia for £14,000. Ancient copies numerous. Engraved by Desnoyers (1823); Fr. von Stadler; Vitali; autotype by Ad. Braun & Co., Paris.—Passavant, ii. 105; Müntz, 377; Springer, 193; Gaz. des B. Arts, xvii. (1864), 321; xix. (1879), 187; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 193; Lübke, Raphael, 54, 103; Réveil, i. 49.
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Madonna della Casa d'Alba, Raphael, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
MADONNA DI CASA PESARO, Titian,
S. M. de' Frari, Venice; canvas, arched at
top, figures larger than life. The Virgin,
with Jesus in her lap, enthroned in the portico
of a temple; SS. Peter, Francis, and
Anthony of Padua implore her intercession
in favor of Jacopo Pesaro and other members
of the Pesaro family, who kneel at the
foot of the throne; a man in armour with
the standard of the Church and a captive
Turk symbolize the victory over the Turks
at Santa Maura. Painted in 1526; still in
its original place, near which is Titian's
tomb. One of the finest art creations of
any age (C. & C.).—C. & C., Titian, i. 305;
Moschini, Guida di Venezia, ii. 194.
MADONNA DI CASA SCOTTI, Liberale
da Verona, Casa Scotti, Milan. Formerly
ascribed to Mantegna.
MADONNA DI CASA TEMPI, Raphael,
Munich Gallery; wood, H. 2 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft.
7 in. The Virgin, half-length, standing,
pressing Jesus tenderly in her arms; background,
landscape with town. A masterpiece
which shows an almost absolute abandonment
of Umbrian for Tuscan principles
(C. & C.). Painted in Florence in 1506.
Long unnoticed, covered with dust in Casa
Tempi, Florence, where it was as early as
1677; sold in 1829 to Louis I. of Bavaria
for 16,000 scudi. Much damaged sketch,
of doubtful authenticity, in Musée Fabre,
Montpellier. Engraved by B. Desnoyers;
Ant. Morghen; S. Jesi; S. Amsler; Wagner;
Th. Kisling.—C. & C., Raphael, i. 269;
Passavant, ii. 37; Müntz, 170; Gruyer,
Vierges de Raphael, iii. 43; Lübke, Raphael,
33, 97; Pinak. zu München, Pl.; Civelli,
Bell. di Firenze, 282.
MADONNA OF THE CASIO FAMILY,
Giovanni Antonio Beltraffio, Louvre; wood,
6 ft. 1 in. square. The Virgin, seated in centre,
with infant Jesus on her knees, receiving
the homage of two kneeling donors, Giacomo
and Girolamo Casio; the latter, a poet,
crowned with laurel, presented by S. John
Baptist; near him is S. Sebastian attached
to a tree. Painted in 1500 for the chapel
of the Casio family in the Church of the
Misericordia, near Bologna, in commemoration
of the deliverance of Girolamo Casio
de' Medici, the poet, from captivity by the
Turks. Passed from the chapel to the
Brera, Milan, whence it was acquired by
the Musée français by exchange in 1812.—Ch.
Blanc, École milanaise; Mündler, 39.
MADONNA, CASTELFRANCO. See
Madonna with Saints, Giorgione.
