MADONNA on her knees, takes a cross offered him by St. John kneeling. Painted in Home iu 1508-9 ; formerly in the Church of Monte Oliveto at Nocera dei Pagani, near Naples, and bought by the Marehese del Carpio, Viceroy of Naples, for about 1,000 scudi. Later in gallery of Duke d' Alba, Madrid ; Duchess d' Alba said to have loft 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 Cocsvelt, who sold it in 183G to Nicholas I. of Russia for .14,- 000. Ancient copies numerous. Engraved by Desuoyers (1823); Fr. von Stadler ; Yi- Madonna della Casa d'Alba, Raphael, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. tali; autotype by Ad. Brauu & Co., Paris. Passavant, ii. 105 ; Miintz, 377 ; Springer, 193 ; Gaz. des B. Arts, xvii. (1804), 321 ; xix. (1879), 187 ; Gruyer, Yierges de Raph- ael, iii. 193 ; Liibke, Raphael, 54, 103 ; Re- veil, i. 49. 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 iu the por- tico of a temple ; SS. Peter, Francis, and Anthony of Padua implore her intercession in favor of Jacopo Pesaro and other mem- bers 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 152G ; 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 ; Moschiui, Guida di Venezia, ii. 194. MADONNA DI CASA SCOTTI, Liberal,; da Verona, Casa Scotti, Milan. Formerly ,' ascribed to Mantegua. MADONNA DI CASA TEMPI, L'npha,-!, Munich Gallery ; wood, H. 2 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 7 in. The Virgin, half-length, standing, i pressing Jesus tenderly in her arms ; back- ground, landscape with town. A master- piece which shows an almost absolute aban- donment of ITmbrian for Tuscan principles (C. & C.). Painted in Florence in 1500. Long unnoticed, covered with dust in Casa Tempi, Florence, where it was as early as 1G77 ; sold iu 1829 to Louis I. of Bavaria for 1(!,000 scudi. Much damaged sketch, of doubtful authenticity, in Museo Fabre, Montpellier. Engraved by B. Desnoyers ; Ant. Morghen ; S. Jesi ; S. Amsler ; Wag- ner ; Th. Kisling. C. & C., Raphael, i. 2C9 ; Passavant, ii. 37 ; Miintx,, 170 ; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 43 ; Liibke, Raph- ael, 33, 97 ; Piiiak. zu Miincheu, PL ; Ci- velli, Bell, di Fircnze, 282. MADONNA OF THE CASIO FAMILY, Giovanni Antonio Jlcllraffio, Louvre ; wood, ft. 1 in. square. The Virgin, seated in cen- tre, with infant Jesus on her knees, receiving the homage of two kneeling donors, Giaco- mo 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 commemora- tion 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 Musee fraucais by exchange in 1812. Ch. Blanc, I5cole milanaise ; Miindler, 39. MADONNA, CASTELFRANCO. See Madonna with Saints, Giorgione. 133
