ever tbis ma/ be, vs knov tbat it was ones in tbs celebrated collection of lVl. cis
Obateauneuf, at Baris, and tbat it is nov in tbe Bouvrs.
It Iras unfortunately been botlr too nrucb cleaned and injudiciously retoucbed.
IVe Irave engravings after it b/ Loucber-Oesno/ers, Bran^ois de Boil!/, and man/
otbers, and antique copies of it are ver/ numerous.
84.
IVlLVO^^ OI BoNIMO.
On vood, transferred to canvas; beigbt iizK inclres, vidtlr 74E inclrss.
lire Virgin, seated on clouds in a golden glor/, is surrounded b/ a number of
balf-lengtb angels, faintly indicated against tbe arure blue sk/; vitlr one band sire
embraces tbs Hol/ Lbild, standing beside ber, and vitlr tbe otber bolds some
draper/ round binr. Botb look dovn on tbe kneeling votar/, 8igismondi Lonti,
vbo is presented to tbe bol/motbsr b/ 8t. jleroms. 8t. jsobn tbe Baptist, standing
on tbe left, points to tbe 8aviour, and 8t. Brancis kneels more in front, in ecstas/;
a little naked angel, vitlr a tablet, completes tbs group. burning globe, vitlr a
rainbov above it, is falling from tbe sk/. According to tradition tbis globs is a
bomb, and bears reference to tbs danger incurred b/ 8igismondi at tbs siege of
Buligno, bis native tovn, and tbs rainbov ma/ be considered s/mbolical of tbe
reconciliation of tbs donor vitlr Ood. V bill/ landscape, vitlr a tovn, forms tbe
background.
IVe believe tbis picture to bavs been painted about iZir, for 8igismondi
Lonti/ and to Irave been intended for a votive offering.
According to Vasari, it brst adorned tbs bigb altar of tbe cburcb of Vra Loeb
on tbe Lapitol, at Home; but it vas at Buligno from 1565 until it vas carried
ava/ b/ tbe Brsncb. It vas in a ver/ bad condition on its arrival in Baris, and
vas transferred to canvas b/ lVl. Ha^uin, and restored b/ Herr Loser, of Heidel-
berg. On tbs removal of tbs vood from tbe panel, tbe vbole draving vas
distinctl/ seen traced vitlr tbe brusb, in brovn colour, and it vas noticed tbat
8t. /erome's rigbt band vas dravn in tvo different st/les, and tbat one onl/ vas
executed b/ tbs painter. Vkter tbs treat/ of 181Z, tbis painting vas restored to
Ital/, and is nov in tbe Vatican. Vbe entire vork Iras been engraved b/ Boucbsr-
Oesno/ers, and several otbers, and part of it b/ biarc Antonio, Lc.
85.
Inn Bnonnna' IsLiLN (1Z12 at tbs latest).
In fresco; beigbt 102 inclrss, vidtlr, 64.
lbs propbet is seated, turning bis bead to tbs lekt, and bolding a strip of
parcbmsnt tovards tbs spectator, on vbicb tbs second verse of tbs 2<rtlr of Isaiab
is vritten in Hebrew: "Open /e tbs gates, tbat tbe rigbteous nation vbicb
kespetb tbs trutb ma/ enter in." Vvo cbildrsn, placed on tbe arckitrave a little
above, bold a cartoucbs vitlr tbe folloving dedication in Oreek: "Io 8aint
^nne, nrotber of tbe Virgin; to tbs bol/ Virgin, motber of Lod; to jsesus tbs
8aviour; jsobann Loririus."
8. Lonti was private sscretnr/ to tire ?ope: bs 6ie6 in 1512.
Obateauneuf, at Baris, and tbat it is nov in tbe Bouvrs.
It Iras unfortunately been botlr too nrucb cleaned and injudiciously retoucbed.
IVe Irave engravings after it b/ Loucber-Oesno/ers, Bran^ois de Boil!/, and man/
otbers, and antique copies of it are ver/ numerous.
84.
IVlLVO^^ OI BoNIMO.
On vood, transferred to canvas; beigbt iizK inclres, vidtlr 74E inclrss.
lire Virgin, seated on clouds in a golden glor/, is surrounded b/ a number of
balf-lengtb angels, faintly indicated against tbe arure blue sk/; vitlr one band sire
embraces tbs Hol/ Lbild, standing beside ber, and vitlr tbe otber bolds some
draper/ round binr. Botb look dovn on tbe kneeling votar/, 8igismondi Lonti,
vbo is presented to tbe bol/motbsr b/ 8t. jleroms. 8t. jsobn tbe Baptist, standing
on tbe left, points to tbe 8aviour, and 8t. Brancis kneels more in front, in ecstas/;
a little naked angel, vitlr a tablet, completes tbs group. burning globe, vitlr a
rainbov above it, is falling from tbe sk/. According to tradition tbis globs is a
bomb, and bears reference to tbs danger incurred b/ 8igismondi at tbs siege of
Buligno, bis native tovn, and tbs rainbov ma/ be considered s/mbolical of tbe
reconciliation of tbs donor vitlr Ood. V bill/ landscape, vitlr a tovn, forms tbe
background.
IVe believe tbis picture to bavs been painted about iZir, for 8igismondi
Lonti/ and to Irave been intended for a votive offering.
According to Vasari, it brst adorned tbs bigb altar of tbe cburcb of Vra Loeb
on tbe Lapitol, at Home; but it vas at Buligno from 1565 until it vas carried
ava/ b/ tbe Brsncb. It vas in a ver/ bad condition on its arrival in Baris, and
vas transferred to canvas b/ lVl. Ha^uin, and restored b/ Herr Loser, of Heidel-
berg. On tbs removal of tbs vood from tbe panel, tbe vbole draving vas
distinctl/ seen traced vitlr tbe brusb, in brovn colour, and it vas noticed tbat
8t. /erome's rigbt band vas dravn in tvo different st/les, and tbat one onl/ vas
executed b/ tbs painter. Vkter tbs treat/ of 181Z, tbis painting vas restored to
Ital/, and is nov in tbe Vatican. Vbe entire vork Iras been engraved b/ Boucbsr-
Oesno/ers, and several otbers, and part of it b/ biarc Antonio, Lc.
85.
Inn Bnonnna' IsLiLN (1Z12 at tbs latest).
In fresco; beigbt 102 inclrss, vidtlr, 64.
lbs propbet is seated, turning bis bead to tbs lekt, and bolding a strip of
parcbmsnt tovards tbs spectator, on vbicb tbs second verse of tbs 2<rtlr of Isaiab
is vritten in Hebrew: "Open /e tbs gates, tbat tbe rigbteous nation vbicb
kespetb tbs trutb ma/ enter in." Vvo cbildrsn, placed on tbe arckitrave a little
above, bold a cartoucbs vitlr tbe folloving dedication in Oreek: "Io 8aint
^nne, nrotber of tbe Virgin; to tbs bol/ Virgin, motber of Lod; to jsesus tbs
8aviour; jsobann Loririus."
8. Lonti was private sscretnr/ to tire ?ope: bs 6ie6 in 1512.