MADONNA Italy, iii. 5(51 ; Cli. Blanc, Kcolo floreiitiiie ; Pescia. The original was earned to Paris Lavice, 52. iu 179G, and given by Napoleon to the Mu- MADONNA DEL BACINO. See Holy Familj' del Bacino. MADONNA DEL I3ALDACCHINO (of the Canopy), Uaphad, Palazzo Pitti, Flor- ence ; wood, H. 10 ft. x C ft. The Virgin, enthroned, with Jesus on her knees ; at left, SS. Augustine and James ; at right, seum of Brussels, but restored to Italy in 1815. Much injured by cleaning and by the retouching of Agostino Cassana. Stud- ies in the Louvre, at Chatsworth, and iu the Lille Collection. Engraved by Lorenzini ; Nicolet (1802); G. Morghen ; Biondi ; and Landon. Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 328 ; C. & C., SS. Peter and Bernard ; in front, two boy I Eaphael, i. 3G9 ; Passavant, ii. 90 ; Miintz, 19C ; Gruyer, Vierges de Eaphael, iii. 477 ; Landon, Musee, iv. PI. 33 ; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, iv. PI. 90 ; Liibke, Eaphael, 35, 101. MADONNA DEL BAEACCANO (of the Shed), attributed to Lippo Dalmaxio, church of same name, in Bologna. The Virgin and Child en- throned within an archway ; angels hold candelabra at sides, and, lower down, a male and female look up to Virgin's face. Eepainted in 1472 by Francesco Cossa, who added the figures below, the male being sup- posed to be a portrait of Giovanni Bentivoglio, and the female of Maria Vinciguerra. The church was es- tablished in 1403, in honor of the miracles performed by the picture, which was painted on a bastion of the city walls. C. & C, N. Italy, i. 524 ; Gualandi, Guida, 139. MADONNA OF THE BASKET. See Madonna della Cesta. MADONNA OF THE BAS-EE- Madonna del Baldacchmo, Raphael, Paiajzo Pitti, Florence. LIEF, attributed to Leonardo da angels singing, and above, two others rais- Vinci, Collection of Lord Monson, Gatton ing the curtains of the canopy over the Park, England. The Virgin, seated, hold- throne. Begun in 1508, for chapel of Dei ing Jesus, who reaches forward to greet St. family in S. Spirito, Florence, but left in- John ; Joseph and Zacharias standing be- complete when Eaphael went to Borne, hind, looking at Jesus ; the bas-relief is seen After Eaphael's death bought by Baldas- sare Turini for the Cathedral of Pescia, whence sometimes called Madonna di Pes- in the lower corner of the picture, under St. John. Similar in composition to the Holy Family of the Hermitage. Probably painted cia ; sold in 1G97 to Ferdinando de' Medici, in Milan about 1490. Eeduced copy in Fitz- son of Grand Duke Cosmo III., who placed william Museum, Cambridge ; copy in Melzi it in the Pitti. A copy, made at the time Collection, Milan. "Waagen attributes this by Pietro Daudiui, is still in the cathedral at picture to Marco d'Oggione, Passavant to 128
