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Chap. XIII. FRA BARTOLOMMEO DELLA PORTA. 475 of the time when he and Mariotto were associates, and the lower part more particularly like Albertinelli. The comparative rawness of the colour may be due to the abrasion of the final glazes. Munich. Pinalcolhek. Cabinets. No. 597. Virgin and child, canvass, not by Fra Bartolommeo, but a copy of a Madonna in the Baring Gallery in London. See, antea, Spagna. Munich. Pinakotliek. Cabinets. No. 579. Wood, oil. The infant Christ on the ground between the kneeling Virgin and S. Joseph. Not by the Frate, but a feeble and superficial production stamped with the impress of the school of Granacci. Munich. Saal. No. 551. Virgin, child, and S, Joseph. Wood, oil, from the collection of Mine. Dubois in Paris, where it was bought by King Ludwig the First. Not genuine. Coloured of a vitrous enamel, with dark warm shadows reminiscent of the style of Michele di Ridolfo, Puligo, or the Brescianini of Sienna. London. Stafford House. No. 88. Wood, oil, life size. The Vir gin, in profile with the infant Christ holding a reed cross, and the young Baptist in rear. The composition seems an imitation of those by the Frate and Raphael; but the handling is more modern, like that of a follower of Correggio. Such at least is the aspect of the piece at present; but whether this is due to the obvious re painting of the panel or to other causes, cannot be decided. London. Grosvenor House. No. 177. Wood, oil, small. Virgin aud child under a conical dais, the curtain of which is raised by two angels. In front, SS. Jerom and Mary Magdalen on their knees. The subject is arranged in the method of the Frate and of Ma riotto ; it is pleasing and careful, but betrays an effort by, say, Michele di Ridolfo, to imitate the masters above named. London. Hotford Collection. Panel altarpiece, oil. Virgin and child enthroned, and two angels holding a piece of tapestry above her. At the sides, the kneeling S. Sebastian and a friar. Feeble, washy, of life size figures, by an artist later than the Frate and Mariotto. Same Collection. Life size Virgin holding the infant, who lays two fingers of his hand on her bare breast, a copy of the Virgin once belonging to Signor Passerini of Cortpna. London. Baring Collection. Sketch, part outlined, part coloured, of the Holy Family; traces only of the S. Joseph being in the background to the left. The hands of the Virgin painted; not done in the mode of Fra Bartolommeo or his pupils and seemingly more modern; a little mannered and affected too as if by Raphael del Colle in his old age.