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Arezzo, which is evidently by some one of the pupils of Niccolò Pisano.—C. & C., Italy, i. 186, Vasari, ed. Mil., i. 359; Burckhardt, 38, 47, 488, 494; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., i. 98.


MARGUERITE, Alexander Cabanel, J. T. Raynor, New York; canvas, H. 2 ft. 6 in. × 1 ft. 9 in. Painted in 1874; Latham sale, New York (1878), $2,700.


MARGUERITE AT CHURCH, Ary Scheffer, Samuel Ashton, Manchester, England; canvas, dated 1832. Marguerite, sunk before a prie-Dieu, listens to the voice of the evil spirit reproaching her for the death of her father and mother. Salon, 1833; Paturle sale, Paris (1872), 40,000 francs.


MARGUERITE LEAVING CHURCH, Ary Scheffer, Samuel Ashton, Manchester, England; canvas, H. 7 ft. 1 in. × 4 ft. 6 in.; dated 1838. Marguerite, holding her prayer-book and her rosary, descends the steps of the church; Mephistopheles, in red, and wearing a cap with a cock's feather, points her out to Faust, who appears profoundly moved. Salon, 1839; Paturle sale, Paris (1872), 35,000 francs. Engraved by Ad. Caron.


MARGUERITE AT THE FOUNTAIN, Ary Scheffer, Sir Richard Wallace, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 3 in. × 3 ft. 4 in. Marguerite, absorbed in thought, forgets that her pitcher is full and overflowing; behind her, two young girls are laughing at her absent-*mindedness. Salon, 1858; sold to M. Durand-Ruel; then to M. Pereire; Pereire sale (Paris, 1872), 56,000 francs. Replica, A. J. Nottebohm, Rotterdam. Etched by L. Flameng.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1859), iii. 51, 54; (1864), xvi. 196.


MARGUERITE AT HER SPINNING WHEEL, Ary Scheffer, Rothschild Collection, Paris; canvas, H. 3 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. 10 in. Companion to Faust in his Cabinet. Marguerite, sitting in a high-backed chair before her spinning wheel, her eyes reddened with weeping, her head drooping, lets fall upon her knees her book of prayers. Salon, 1831; partly burned at the Château de Neuilly in 1848, and restored by Scheffer. Replica, A. J. Nottebohm, Rotterdam; another, small, Paturle sale, Paris (1872), 5,050 francs.


MARIA TERESA, Infanta, daughter of Philip IV. and Isabel of Bourbon, wife of Louis XIV. of France, Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 7 ft. × 4 ft. 10 in. About ten years old, full-length, standing; rose-coloured dress distended by large hoops, on which rest her hands, the right holding a handkerchief, the left a rose; on right, a crimson curtain partly hides a chair. Face in second manner, remainder in last manner of Velasquez.—Curtis, 97; Madrazo, 620.

By Velasquez, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 1 ft. 7 in. × 1 ft. 3 in. About sixteen years old, three-quarters length, standing, her right hand on a table, her left resting on her wide hoops, holding her handkerchief; wears a tulle bertha with perpendicular red stripes, a plain collarette, and pearls; two watches suspended from her waist.—Curtis, 98.


MARIANA OF AUSTRIA, Queen, second wife of Philip IV., Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 6 ft. 11 in. × 4 ft. 10 in. Full-length, kneeling in prayer behind a desk covered with rich tapestry; in her hand, a small Book of Hours; above, a curtain. Latest manner. Companion to similar picture of same size of Philip IV. in Museo del Prado.—Curtis, 93; Madrazo, 618.

By Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 6 ft. 11 in. × 4 ft. 1 in. About twenty-four years old, full-length, dressed in court mourning, standing with right hand on back of a chair, a large handkerchief in left hand; red hair arranged in ringlets, each tied at end with red ribbon; behind her, a bronze clock on a table; above, a red curtain. Latest manner. Probably painted in 1659. Repetitions, with changes: Madrid Museum; H. B. Brabazon, Battle, Sussex; Castle Howard (?); Historical So-