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33. The Young Christ: _School of Leonardo_.

34. Madonna: _School of Perugino_.

35. Raphael as a boy: _Raphael?_ 43. Madonna: _Francesco Francia?_ 44. Calvario: _C. Crivelli_.

48. St. Sebastian: _Perugino_.

49, 57. History of Joseph: _Pinturicchio_.

59. Presepio: _Sketch attributed to Raphael when young_.

61. St. Antonio: _Francesco Francia_.

66. Presepio: _Mazzolino_.

67. Adoration of the Child Jesus: _Ortolano_.

68. Christ and St. Thomas: _Mazzolino?_ 69. Holy Family: _Pollajuolo_.

_2nd Room._--Chiefly of the school of Garofalo.

6. Madonna with St. Joseph and St. Michael: _Garofalo_.

9. The mourners over the dead Christ: _Garofalo_.*

18. Portrait of Julius II.: _Giulio Romano, after Raphael_.

22. Portrait of a Cardinal: _Bronzino? called Raphael_.*

23. 'Madonna col divin' amore': _School of Raphael_.*

26. Portrait of Caesar Borgia: _Bronzino, attributed to Raphael_.*[5]

28. Portrait of a (naked) woman: _Bronzino_.

36. Holy Family: _Andrea del Sarto_.

38. Entombment: _Raphael_.*

This picture was the last work of Raphael before he went to Rome.

It was ordered by Atalanta Baglioni for a chapel in S. Francesco de' Conventuali at Perugia. Paul V. bought it for the Borghese.

The 'Faith, Hope, and Charity' at the Vatican, formed a predella for this picture.

"Raphael's picture of 'Bearing the Body of Christ to the Sepulchre,' though meriting all its fame in respect of drawing, expression, and knowledge, has lost all signs of reverential feeling in the persons of the bearers. The reduced size of the winding-sheet is to blame for this, by bringing them rudely in contact with their precious burden. Nothing can be finer than their figures, or more satisfactory than their labour, if we forget what it is they are carrying; but it is the weight of the burden only, and not the character of it, which the painter has kept in view, and we feel that the result would have been the same had these figures been carrying a sack of sand. Here, from the youth of the figure, the bearer at the feet appears to be St. John."--_Lady Eastlake._

40. Holy Family: _Fra Bartolomeo_.

43. Madonna: _Fr. Francia_.

44. Madonna: _Sodoma_.

51. St. Stephen: _Francesco Francia_.*

59. Adoration of the Magi: _Mazzolino_.

60. Presepio: _Garofalo_.

65. The Fornarina: _Copy of Raphael, Giulio Romano?_ 69. St. John Baptist in the Wilderness: _Giulio Romano_.

_3rd Room._--Chiefly of the school of Andrea del Sarto. (The works of this painter are often confounded with those of his disciple, Domenico Puligo.)

1. Christ bearing the Cross: _Andrea Solario_.

2. Portrait: _Parmigianino._ 5. 'Noli me tangere': _Bronzino?_ 11. The Sorceress Circe: _Dosso Dossi_.

13. Mater Dolorosa: _Solario?_ 22. Holy Family: _School of Raphael_.

24. Madonna and Child with three children: _A. del Sarto_.

28. Madonna, Child, and St. John: _A. del Sarto_.

29. Madonna, Child, St. John, and St. Elizabeth: _Pierino del Vaga_.

33. Holy Family: _Pierino del Vaga_.

35. Venus and Cupids: _A. del Sarto_.

40. Danae: _Correggio_.*

In the corner of this picture are the celebrated Cupids sharpening an arrow.

42. Cosmo de' Medici: _Bronzino_.

46. The Reading Magdalene: _School of Correggio_.

47. Holy Family: _Pomarancio_.

48. The Flagellation: _Sebastian del Piombo_.*

49. St. M. Magdalene: _A. del Sarto_.

_4th Room._--Bolognese school.

1. Entombment: _Ann. Carracci_.

2. Cumaean Sibyl: _Domenichino_.*

18. St. Francis: _Cigoli_.

20. St. Joseph: _Guido Reni_.

23. St. Francis: _Ann. Carracci_.

29. St. Domenic: _Ann. Carracci_.

36. Madonna: _Carlo Dolce_.

37. Mater Dolorosa: _Carlo Dolce_.

38, 41. Two heads for an Annunciation: _Furino_.

42. Head of Christ: _Carlo Dolce_.

43. Madonna: _Sassoferrato_.

_5th Room._--

11, 12, 13, 14. The Four Seasons: _Fr. Albani_.

"The Seasons, by Francesco Albani, were, beyond all others, my favourite pieces; the beautiful, joyous, angel-children--the Loves, were as if creations of my own dreams. How deliciously they were staggering about in the picture of Spring! A crowd of them were sharpening arrows, whilst one of them turned round the great grindstone, and two others, floating above, poured water upon it.

In Summer, they flew about among the tree-branches, which were loaded with fruit, which they plucked; they swam in the fresh water, and played with it. Autumn brought the pleasures of the chase. Cupid sits, with a torch in his hand, in his little chariot, which two of his companions draw; while Love beckons to the brisk hunter, and shows him the place where they can rest themselves side by side. Winter has lulled all the little ones to sleep; soundly and fast they lie slumbering around. The Nymphs steal their quivers and arrows, which they throw on the fire, that there may be an end of the dangerous weapons."--_Andersen, in The Improvisatore._

15. La Caccia di Diana: _Domenichino_.

25. The Deposition, with Angels: _F. Zuccari_.

_6th Room._--

5. Return of the Prodigal Son: _Guercino_.

7. Portrait of G. Ghislieri: _Pietro da Cortona_.

10. St Stanislaus with the Child Jesus: _Ribera_.*

12. Joseph Interpreting the Dreams in Prison: _Valentin_.

13. The Three Ages of Man. _Copy from Titian by Sassoferrato_.[6]

18. Madonna: _Sassoferrato_.

22. Flight of aeneas from Troy: _Baroccio_.

_7th Room._--Richly decorated with mirrors, painted with Cupids by _Girofiri_, and wreaths of flowers by _Mario di Fiori_.

_8th Room._--Contains nothing of importance, except a mosaic portrait of Paul V. by _Marcello Provenzali_.

_9th Room._--Containing several interesting frescoes.

1. The Nuptials of Alexander and Roxana.

2. The Nuptials of Vertumnus and Pomona.

3. 'Il Bersaglio dei Dei.'