MADONNA MADONNA DEL COLLO LUXGO (of the Long Neck), Parmigianino, Palazzo Pitti, Florence ; wood, H. 6 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 3 in. ; signed. Called also M. degli Angeli (of the Angels). The Virgin, seated, gazing on iu- faut Jesus asleep in her lap ; on one side a group of angels, one bearing a vase. Paint- ed by order of Elena Bajardi-Tagliaferri (1534) for the Cappella dei Tagliaferri in Madonna del Colio Lungo, Parmigianino, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. S. M. de' Servi, Parma ; sold in 1074 to Cosimo III. de' Medici, and placed in Pitti. Carried to Paris in 1799 ; restored in 1815. Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 231 ; Ch. Blanc, cole lombarde, Parmigianino ; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, iii. 76 ; Lavice, 66 ; Landon, Musee, v. PI. 39. MADONNA, COLONNA (della Casa Co- lonna), Raphael, Berlin Museum ; wood, H. 2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 10 in. ; figure to the knees ; unfinished. The Virgin, sitting, has a book in one hand and holds Jesus in her lap with the other ; lie clings to her dress with one hand and tries to rise. Painted in Perugia (?) about 1508 ; belonged to the Salviati fam- ily, Florence, whence passed by inheritance to the Colonna ; bought in Rome of Maria Colonna, wife of Duke Giulio Zaute della llo- vere, by Chevalier Bunsen for Prussian gov- ernment. Probably mostly the work of Doiuenico Alfani. Many copies. Engraved by Masquelier (1820); Barocci (1827); Cas- par ; Reveil ; P. Lightfoot (1849); Ed. Man- del (1855). C. it C., Raphael, i. 349 ; Pas- savant, ii. (!0 ; Miintz, 17G ; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 71 ; Liibke, Raphael, 33, 100. MADONNA DEL CONIGLIO, Correg- gio. See Zingarella. MADONNA DEL CONIGLIO (of the Rabbit, Yierge au Lapin), Titian, Louvre ; canvas, H. 2 ft. 3.} in. X 2 ft, 9 in.; signed. The Virgin, seated on the grass, with her hand OH a white rabbit, which St. Catherine, with Jesus in her arms, stoops to look at ; in background, St. Joseph fondles a black lamb near a hut ; a summer landscape with distant hills. Painted in 1530 for Federico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua ; belonged to Louis XIV. No copies known. C. it C., Titian, i. 338 ; Filliol, vii. PI. 493 ; Landon, Musi'e, xiii. PI. 8. MADONNA, CONNESTABILE or STAFFA, Raphael, Hermitage, St. Peters- burg ; wood transferred to canvas, (5f in. sq. The Virgin, standing in a landscape, holds Jesus on her left arm and reads from a book, which the Child is trying to grasp ; in background, hills covered with snow, a boat on a lake, and a man on a white horse. "A genuine and almost priceless master- piece " (C. <t C.). Picture formerly a round in a square, the panel of one piece with the frame. Painted in Perugia about 1502-3 for Alfano di Diamante, uncle of Raphael's friend, Domenico di Paris Alfani, from whom it descended to the collateral branch of the Counestabile Staft'a family, Perugia. Sold by Count Scipione Connestabile of Perugia 135
