Pintoricchio Part 9

BRITISH ISLES

LONDON, THE NATIONAL GALLERY.

ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA. [No. 693.] On wood, 1 ft. 9 in. 1 ft.

3 in.

A monk kneeling in adoration. Landscape background.

_Bequeathed by Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Moore in 1862._

THE MADONNA AND CHILD. [No. 703.] In tempera, on poplar, 1 ft. 10 in. 1 ft. 3 in.

The Infant stands on a carpeted parapet in front of its Mother, only half of whose figure is seen: a rocky landscape in the background.

_Formerly in the Wallerstein Collection._ Presented in 1863 by Her Majesty the Queen, in fulfilment of the wishes of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort.

THE RETURN OF ULYSSES TO PENELOPE. [No. 911.] A fresco, transferred to canvas, 4 ft. 1 in. 4 ft. 9 in.

Penelope is seated at her loom; on the floor at her right is a damsel winding thread on shuttles from a ball of yarn which a cat is playing with. Four suitors in gay costume have entered the room; in the background Ulysses himself is seen in the doorway, just entering; his bow and quiver of arrows are hanging up above the head of Penelope.

From the open window is seen the s.h.i.+p of Ulysses, with the hero bound to the mast; sirens are disporting themselves in the sea; the palace of Circe is on an island near, with swine and other animals in its vicinity.

Painted about 1509. _Formerly in the Pandolfo Petrucci Palace at Siena; transferred from the wall for M. Joly de Bammeville, in 1844, by Pellegrino Succi. Subsequently in Mr. Barker's Collection, at whose sale it was purchased in 1874._

OXFORD, TAYLORIAN MUSEUM.

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN (?). [No. 22.]

FRANCE

PARIS, THE LOUVRE, MUSeE NAPOLEON III.

MADONNA WITH ST. GREGORY AND ST. JOHN BAPTIST. [No. 1417.] 1 ft. 11 in. 1 ft. 4 in. (?)

GERMANY

BERLIN GALLERY.

MADONNA AND CHILD. (?)

BERLIN, PYRKER COLLECTION.

RELIQUARY, ST. AUGUSTINE AND TWO SAINTS. [No. 132A.] 1 ft. 5 in.

9 in.

DRESDEN, THE GALLERY.

PORTRAIT OF A BOY, WITH A LANDSCAPE BACKGROUND. [No. 41.] 1 ft. 8 in. 1 ft. 2 in.

LEIPZIG, THE GALLERY.

ST. MICHAEL (?). [No. 480.]

ITALY

a.s.sISI, CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGELI (CHAPEL OF ST. BONAVENTURA).

G.o.d THE FATHER.

MILAN, THE PALAZZO BORROMEO, SALA CIMBALLO.

CHRIST BEARING THE CROSS. [No. 36.] 1513.

See page 148.

MILAN, PRINCE PIO DI SAVOIA.

MADONNA. 1497.

MILAN, MARCHESE VISCONTI-VENOSTA.

A SMALL PAINTED CRUCIFIX.

NAPLES, THE PICTURE GALLERY.

THE MADONNA IN GLORY.

PERUGIA, THE GALLERY, SALA XI.

POLYPTYCH. [No. 10.] 1498.

The Madonna and Child with St. John. Pieta. Christ with two Angels. Angel of the Annunciation. Virgin. St. Augustine.

St. Jerome.

_Predella._--St. Mark. St. Luke. Scene in the life of St.

Augustine. St. Matthew. St. John. St. Jerome in the Desert.

Painted for the high altar of the church of Santa Maria dei Fossi. After the inroad of the French in 1810, was preserved in small panels in the Academy.

See page 139.

ST. AUGUSTINE AND FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CONFRATERNITY, with their escutcheons below. [No. 12.] 1500.

Presented by Cav. Silvestro Baldrini (_d._ 1870), President of the Academy of Arts in Perugia.

ROME, THE BORGHESE GALLERY.