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MARGUERITE Arezzo, which is evidently by some one of the pupils of Niccolo Pisano. C. & C., Italy, i. 186 , Vasari, ed. Mil., i. 359 ; Burck- hardt, 38, 47, 488, 494 ; Liibke, Gesch. ital. Mai., i. 98. MARGUERITE, Alexander Cabanel, J. T. Raynor, New York ; canvas, H. 2 ft. G in. x 1 ft. 9 in. Painted in 1874 ; Latham sale, ' New York (1878), $2,700. MARGUERITE AT CHURCH, Ary ticheffer, Samuel Ashton, Manchester, Eng- land ; 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 CHUKCH, Ary Scheffer, Samuel Ashton, Manchester, England ; canvas, H. 7 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. G 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 pro- foundly moved. Salon, 1839 ; Paturle sale, Paris (1872), 35,000 francs. Engraved by Ad. Caron. MARGUERITE AT THE FOUNTAIN, Ary Schfffer, Sir Richard Wallace, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. Margue- rite, 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. Du- j rand-Ruel ; then to M. Pereire ; Pereire sale (Paris, 1872), 56,000 francs. Replica, A. J. Nottebohm, Rotterdam. Etched by L. Fla- ineng. Gaz. des B. Arts (1859), iii. 51, 54 ; (18G4), xvi. 196. MARGUERITE AT HER SPINNING WHEEL, Ary Sche/er, Rothschild Collec- tion, Paris ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 10 in. Companion to Faust in his Cabinet. Marguerite, sitting in a high-backed chair before her spinning wheel, her eyes red- dened with weeping, her head drooping, lets fall upon her knees her book of prayers. Salon, 1831 ; partly burned at the Chateau de Neuilly in 1848, and restored by Schef- fer. 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, Vi-laxqi/fz, Madrid Museum ; canvas, H. 7 ft. x 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 ; Madra- 7.0, G20. By ~ulaxqucz, Vienna Museum ; canvas, H. 1 ft. 7 in. x 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 handker- chief ; wears a tulle bertha with perpendic- ular red stripes, a plain collarette, and pearls ; two watches suspended from her waist. Curtis, 98. MARIANA OF AUSTRIA, Queen, second wife of Philip IV., Vela*qucz, Madrid Muse- um ; canvas, H. G ft. 11 in. x 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 ; Ma- drazo, 618. By Velasquez, Madrid Museum ; canvas, H. 6 ft. 11 in. x 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 paint- ed in 1659. Repetitious, with changes : Madrid Museum ; H. B. Brabazon, Battle, Sussex ; Castle Howard (?) ; Historical So-