Great Masters in Painting: Perugino Part 12

=Saint in Prayer.= Panel. 31 11.

Figure of a saint to the left with clasped hands.

LORD ALDENHAM, ST DUNSTAN'S, REGENT'S PARK, N.W.

=Virgin and Child.= Panel. 13 11. Old Masters, 1886. No. 176.

The Virgin is seated, and has the divine Child on her knees, and she is holding His left hand.

LORD BATTERSEA, SURREY HOUSE, MARBLE ARCH, W.

=Head of a Saint.= Panel. 13 10.

Bust facing, black dress with gold edging.

THE EARL OF DUDLEY'S COLLECTION.

There were exhibited at the Old Masters Exhibition in 1892, five panels, each 10 18, Nos. 146, 147, 148, 154, 155, representing "The Nativity," "The Baptism," "Christ and the Woman of Samaria,"

"The Resurrection," and the "Noli me Tangere."

_Originally in the Barker collection, No. 154 now belongs to Mr. F.

A. White (_q.v._); the others have not been traced._

=WILLIAM DRURY-LOWE, Esq., LOCKO PARK, DERBY.=

=Virgin and Child with Saints.= Canvas. 47 45. Old Masters, 1893. No.

164.

The Virgin is seated, with the divine Child, who is nude, erect on her knees. His right hand is raised, and in his left is a globe.

On the left is St. Jerome reading a book, and behind him St. Nicolas of Tolenteno. On the right, St. Catherine and a bishop in adoration.

This is now ascribed by Dr. Richter to Lo Spagna, one of Perugino's pupils. The identical picture, executed in fresco, is to be found at Spoleto, and is there considered to be Lo Spagna's masterpiece.

_The above easel replica came from the Palazzo Darino at Milan, and was bought in 1852 from Sig. Giovanni Locarnos._

PICTURES AT ONE TIME IN ENGLAND.

C. and C. describe a "Resurrection," in their time belonging to Lord Taunton, and originally in Venice. Signed: =SEPVLCRVM CHRISTI PETRVS PERVSINVS PINXIT=.

They also refer to a "Virgin and Child between St. Jerome and St.

Peter," once at Manchester, originally at Lucca, and latterly in the Northwich collection.

FRANCE.

BORDEAUX, PICTURE GALLERY.

=Virgin and Child enthroned with S. Jerome and four Angels=, from St.

Agostino, Perugia.

This has never been photographed.

CAEN, MUSEUM, HOTEL DE VILLE.

=St. Jerome.= On Panel. 090 074 = 3 ft. 2 ft. 5 in. [4.]

This is probably one of the figures of saints that surrounded the great altar-piece at St. Agostino, in Perugia; others at Nantes, Toulouse, Lyons, and Gren.o.ble. Signed: =PETRVS PERVSINVS PINXIT=.

The saint is kneeling before a Cross, a lion is close by, and on a tree in the centre of the picture is a large red hat.

CHANTILLY.

=Study for the Head of an Old Man with a beard and wearing a turban.=

GREn.o.bLE, MUSEUM.

=SS. Sebastian and Apollonia=, from the great altar-piece painted for St. Agostino, at Perugia.

_See Caen, Lyons, Nantes, and Toulouse for other panels._

LILLE, PICTURE GALLERY.

The Chevalier Wicar collection of Old Master drawings contains:

=Drawing for the Adoration of the Magi=, from the picture in the Museum of Rouen. 0207 0283. [546.]

In silver paint on prepared paper.

LYONS, PICTURE GALLERY, HOTEL DE VILLE.

=The Ascension.=

It formed part of a large altar-piece painted in 1495 for S. Pietro in Perugia. The lunette belonging to it is in St. Gervais, Paris, the predella at Rouen; and of the pilaster panels three are at the Vatican and five remain at S. Pietro.

The Eternal Father is above within a circular glory of rays issuing from a cloud. Our Lord rises toward Him pointing upward with both hands. There are angels playing on instruments on either side of Christ, and below on the ground are the Madonna, St. Peter, St.

Paul, and the rest of the Apostles.