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fine work. A third copy of this work by del Sarto is mentioned in a letter from Florence, October 8, 1531, written by Giovanbattista Mimi to Baccio Valori at Rome, announcing the sale of a " quadro del' Abram da Andreino del Sarto " for 125 ducats, to James Stuart, Duke of Albany. This may be that copy given by Napoleon in 1811 to the Lyons Gallery, No. 161. ioo CATALOGUE OF WORKS MADONNA AND CHILD. Wood, 0-86 x 0*68= 2 ft. 10 x 2.3. [No. 388.] Is probably the original of the Uffizi composition, No. 1146, minus the little St. John. "It is quite in Andrea's character, but more exaggerated in form, and not quite up to his level in power." Crowe and Cavalcaselle, vol. iii. 582. Belonged to the collection of Carlos II. Whilst this volume was passing through the press, an interesting portrait from the gallery of Lord Methuen has been offered for sale by Messrs Christie, Manson, and Woods, and has passed into the possession of Messrs Waring & Co. The picture (wood 33^ x 26^ inches) is the portrait of a man in black garb and hat, of masterly execution, but not, as some believe, a portrait of the artist himself. It came originally from the Ricci Gallery in Florence, and is mentioned by Waagen in his " Galleries of Art in Great Britain." It has also been our good fortune to see an interesting early work belonging to Mr Donaldson of New Bond Street, which comes from the Sciarra Palace, Rome. It is a copy of the S. Julia of the Berlin "Madonna Enthroned," with the wheel of the St Catherine, who in the

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