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CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS

A Madonna, in the church of St. Francis at Milan, attributed to Leonardo by Sorman[1].

A Virgin and Child, by Leonardo, in Piacenza, near the church of Our Lady in the Fields. It was bought for 300 chequins by the Principe di Belgioioso[2].

A Madonna, half length, holding on her knee the infant Jesus, with a lily in his hand. A print of this, engraven in aqua fortis by Giuseppe Juster, is mentioned Lett. Pitt. vol. ii. p. 196. The picture is there said to have been in the possession of Charles Patin, and was supposed by some to have been painted for Francis I.

An Herodiade, some time in Cardinal Richelieu’s possession[3].

The daughter of Herodias, with an executioner holding out to her the head of St. John, in the Barberini palace[4].

An Herodiade with a basket, in which is the head of John the Baptist. A print of this in aqua fortis, by Gio. Troven, under the direction of Teniers, is mentioned Lett. Pitt. vol. ii. p. 197, and is there said to have been done from a picture which was then in the cabinet of the Archduke Leopold, but had been before in that of the Emperor.

Another picture of the same subject, but differently disposed. It is also an half length. A print

  1. Additions in Vasari, 61.
  2. Suppl. in Vasari, 68.
  3. Du Fresne.
  4. Additions to Vasari, 59.
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