Colonna family, Rome, who sold it in 1802 to the King of Naples. On the expulsion of the Bourbons (1860) it fell into the hands of the Duke de Ripalda, who sent it to Madrid. In 1869 sent to Paris, and offered to French Government for 1,000,000 francs; exhibited in Louvre in February, 1870, when war with Germany ended the negotiations; packed in a box during siege of Paris, and sent in June, 1871, to London, where it was offered for sale at £40,000. Remained in the storeroom of the National Gallery, London, until death of Duke de Ripalda (1883), who bequeathed it to ex-King Francis II. of Naples. Engraved by T. A. Juvara. The five panels which once formed the predella of this picture were sold in 1663 to Queen Christina of Sweden, for 600 scudi, and passed thence to the Orléans Collection. They are now scattered as follows: Christ's Agony on the Mount, Lady Burdett-Coutts, London; Christ on Road to Golgotha (Leigh Court sale, 1884, 520 guineas), Lord Windsor; Pietà, Mr. M. H. Dawson, London; St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Anthony of Padua, Dulwich Gallery.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 324; C. & C., Raphael, i. 218; Passavant, ii. 25; Müntz, 205; Giornale di Erud. Tosc., iii. 305; Gaz. des Beaux Arts, xvi. (1877) 259; Art Journal (1872), 28, 94; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 461.
MADONNA WITH ST. BRIDGET, Titian,
Madrid Museum; wood, H. 2 ft. 10 in.
× 4 ft. 3 in. The Virgin, seated, with Jesus
in her lap; he bends forward to take the
flowers which St. Bridget offers in a basin,
but turns his face inquiringly towards his
mother; saint in armour at left, supposed
to be St. Hulfus, husband of St. Bridget,
but may be portrait of a donor. Painted
about 1508; originally in the Escorial;
still wrongly catalogued as by Giorgione.
Copy at Hampton Court, not by Titian.—C.
& C., Titian, i. 110.
MADONNA WITH ST. CATHERINE,
Anton van Dyck, Grosvenor House, London;
canvas, H. 3 ft. 8 in. × 3 ft.; figures seen to
knees. The Virgin, seated under a tree,
gazing upon the Child in her lap, who is
worshipped by St. Catherine kneeling, and
with her hands crossed holding a palm.
From collection of W. A. Ellis. Engraved
by Blooteling; Bolswert; Guzzi; Ragot.—Waagen,
Treasures, ii. 165; Guiffrey, 245;
Smith, iii. 3; Head, Van Dyck, 34.
By Tintoretto, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 3 ft. 4 in. × 5 ft. The Virgin and Jesus with St. Catherine; in front, a Venetian admiral kneeling. From the reserved pictures in 1853. Restored by Schirmer.
MADONNA OF ST. DOMINICK, Lorenzo
Lotto, S. Domenico, Recanati; wood,
middle panel 7 ft. 4 in. × 3 ft. 5 in.; dated
1508. The Virgin, enthroned under a panelled
arch, and attended by SS. Urban and
Gregory, holds the Child in benediction,
while two seraphs play the viol and rebec
on the throne steps; to the left, St. Dominick
bends in devotion before accepting the
dress of his order presented by an angel;
on sides, SS. Thomas Aquinas and Flavian
and Peter Martyr and Vitale. Painted in
Venice; sent to Recanati about 1525.—C. &
C., N. Italy, ii. 498; Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 250;
Ricci, Mem. dell' Arte, etc., della Marca d'
Ancona, ii. 92.
MADONNA OF ST. FRANCIS, Correggio,
Dresden Gallery; wood, H. 9 ft. 8 in.
× 7 ft. 10 in.; signed. The Virgin, with
Jesus on her lap, sits on an elevated throne
under a vaulted canopy; above her head is
a glory and a ring of angels' heads, and on
each side two angels float in space; on one
side of the throne are SS. Francis and Anthony
of Padua, and on the other SS. John
Baptist and Catherine. Painted in 1514-15
for Francescans at Correggio; afterwards in
Modena Gallery; bought about 1745 from
Duke Francesco di Este-Modena by Augustus
III., Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.
Restored by Palmaroli in 1827. Engraved
by Mitelli; Fessard; Lutz; Levy.—Meyer,
Correggio, 304, 478; Künst. Lex.,
i. 428; Gal. Roy. de Dresde, i. Pl. 1; Landon,
Œuvres, viii. Pl. 19; Kugler (Eastlake),
ii. 499.
