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RAPHAEL SANZIO D’URBINO.
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Some of the most exquisite of his works may be
referred to this period of his life, that is, before he
was five-and-twenty.
One of these is the Madonna sitting under the
Palm-tree, while Joseph presents flowers to the
Infant Christ. This may be seen in the Bridge-
Water Gallery. A second is the Madonna in the
possession of Earl Cowper, and now at Panshanger.
Another is the famous Madonna in the Florentine
Gallery, called the Madonna del Cardellino (the
Virgin of the Goldfinch), because the little St.
John is presenting a goldfinch to the Infant Christ.
Another, as famous, now in the Louvre, called
La Belle Jardiniere, because the Madonna is
seated in a garden amid flowers, with Christ stand-
ing at her knee. The St. Catherine in our Na-
tional Gallery was also painted about the same
Period ; and the little picture of St. George and the
Dragon, which Guidobaldo, Duke of Urbino, sent
as a present to Henry VII., and which is now at
®t. Petersburg. In this picture St. George is
armed with a lance, and has the Garter round his
knee, with the inscription “ Honi soit qui mal y
pense.” There is another little St. George in the
Louvre, in which the saint is about to slay the
dragon with a sword. And there are besides two
°r three large altar-pieces and some beautiful por-
traits ; in all about thirty pictures painted during
the three years he spent at Florence.
93
Some of the most exquisite of his works may be
referred to this period of his life, that is, before he
was five-and-twenty.
One of these is the Madonna sitting under the
Palm-tree, while Joseph presents flowers to the
Infant Christ. This may be seen in the Bridge-
Water Gallery. A second is the Madonna in the
possession of Earl Cowper, and now at Panshanger.
Another is the famous Madonna in the Florentine
Gallery, called the Madonna del Cardellino (the
Virgin of the Goldfinch), because the little St.
John is presenting a goldfinch to the Infant Christ.
Another, as famous, now in the Louvre, called
La Belle Jardiniere, because the Madonna is
seated in a garden amid flowers, with Christ stand-
ing at her knee. The St. Catherine in our Na-
tional Gallery was also painted about the same
Period ; and the little picture of St. George and the
Dragon, which Guidobaldo, Duke of Urbino, sent
as a present to Henry VII., and which is now at
®t. Petersburg. In this picture St. George is
armed with a lance, and has the Garter round his
knee, with the inscription “ Honi soit qui mal y
pense.” There is another little St. George in the
Louvre, in which the saint is about to slay the
dragon with a sword. And there are besides two
°r three large altar-pieces and some beautiful por-
traits ; in all about thirty pictures painted during
the three years he spent at Florence.