SALOON A, nearest to the transept, is devoted to the earliest Italian and German painters who flourished before 1600.

VESTIBULE 1, principally to the productions of North Italy, immediately preceding the Carracci in point of date.

SALOON B, to the most perfect works of the Venetian School, and the Caracci themselves, confronting those of Rubens, Van Dyck, and Nicolas Poussin.

VESTIBULE 2 contains almost exclusively paintings by Murillo.

SALOON C is devoted to the works of Claude, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Velasquez, Zurbaran, the later Roman and Tuscan masters, with some of the choicest specimens of Flemish landscape-painting.

STAIRCASE OF EASTERN GALLERY of the nave, near the exit from Saloon C, continues the series of pictures of the close of the seventeenth century, and includes many of the finest works of Canaletto, especially his views in Venice. The opposite STAIRCASE on the north side contains Canaletto's views of London taken during his residence there in 1746-8.

THE EASTERN GALLERY, over the clock, contains paintings of the late Flemish School and Cabinet pictures by Dutch Masters.

The numbers commence on the upper cross wall in the N. W. corner of Saloon A, and continue to the left across the doors and down the South wall. The numbers only provisionally arranged.

Italian Art is confined to the South Wall throughout the Gallery.

German, Flemish, and French Art is confined to the North Wall throughout all the sections.

The Spanish is principally on the South Wall of Saloon C and in Vestibule No. 2. English Art is especially seen in the British Portrait Gallery; but a few early examples are hung on the North Wall.

The pictures are so arranged as to present, in juxtaposition, on opposite sides of the Gallery, the contemporary works of Italy and Germany. Thus the paintings from Italy wrought about 1500 face those from Germany of the same period.

The following publications are frequently referred to in the Catalogue of Ancient Masters under the initials here given :-

W. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain. 3 vols., 8vo. 1854.

J. Mrs. Jameson's Handbook to the Public Galleries, and Handbook to the
Private Galleries.

P.

Passavant. Kunstreise durch England. 8vo. Frankfurt, 1833.

K. Kugler, Handbook of Painting; Italian Schools. 2 vols., 8vo. London, 1855.
Kugler, Handbook to German Schools, edited by Sir Edmund Head. 8vo.
London, 1846.

Handbook to the Spanish and French Schools. 8vo. London, 1848.

Early Flemish Painters, by Crowe and Cavalcaselle.

L. Landon, Vies et Euvres des Peintres, &c. A series of excellent outlines in 25 vols. 4to. Paris, 1805.

Landon, Annales du Musée. 8vo. 21 vols. Paris, 1801.

Vasari.

Lanzi.

The Florence edition of 1832-38, and Bohn's translation by Mrs.
Forster.

Bassano edition, and Bohn's edition of Roscoe's translation.

The dates are principally derived from the Biographical Catalogue of Italian Painters, edited by R. N. Wornum, London, 1855; Nagler's Kunst Lexicon; Bryan's Dictionary of Painters, edited by Stanley, 8vo, London, 1853; and Ottley's History of Engraving, 2 vols., 4to, London, 1816.

MAY 5TH, 1857.

GEORGE SCHARF, JUN.

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From the Temple of Juno at Rome.

THE DEATH OF THE VIRGIN. Probably of the 13th century

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4

The inscriptions are in Greek. Probably painted about 1550. No. 4 of the Kensington Catalogue.

THE NATIVITY. Painted on cedar

Ditto.

Ditto.

Probably painted in the 17th century. No. 7 of the Kensington
Catalogue.

THE DEATH OF ST. EPHRAIM SYRUS

W. Fuller Maitland, Esq.

Probably of the 11th or 12th century. Similar to the Vatican picture engraved in D'Agincourt, pl. 2, and Pistolesi, vol. 3, tav. 76, but of oblong form.

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P.

Probably painted about the 14th century. No. 9 of Kensington
Catalogue.

MODERN RUSSIAN.

AN ENAMELLED TRIPTYCH OF BRASS WITH BLUE GROUND C. Bradbury, Esq.

EARLY ITALIAN SCHOOL.

SAINTS IN COMPARTMENTS. Bearing the date 1338. A. H. Beresford Hope, Esq.

The central subject contains the Madonna and Child enthroned, attended by angels. On the left wing the Crucifixion with the Madonna and St. John. On the right, St. Francis receiving the stigmata. No. 117 of the Library Catalogue.

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UGOLINO DA SIENA, d. 1339.

SEVEN PREDELLA PICTURES, from the great altarpiece formerly
in the possession of W. J. Ottley, Esq.

Rev. John Fuller, Russell.

Nos. 10, 11, and 81 of the Sale Catalogue of Warner Ottley, in 1847.
W. vol. 2, p. 462.

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MARGARITONE D'AREZZO, 1236-1313.
HALF-LENGTH FIGURE OF A MONASTIC SAINT HOLDING A BOOK

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Christ Church, Oxford.

GIOTTO, 1276-1336.

Liverpool Royal Institution.

THREE WOMEN AND A CHILD

1 ft. 5 in. by 1 ft. 9 in.

Part of a fresco detached from the wall of the Carmine Church at
Florence. Sawn from the wall by Mr. Patch, in 1770. See No. 28 of
Ottley's Sale Catalogue, 1811. W. vol. 3, p. 231. No. 7 of the new
Liverpool Catalogue.

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18

PART OF THE FIGURE OF THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS. A

This figure and the portions of the group in the preceding number
may be recognised in Patch's complete engravings before the church
was destroyed by fire. No. 8 of the new Liverpool Catalogue.
THE LAST SUPPER

From the Bisenzio Collection. W. vol. 2, p. 230.

THE DEATH OF THE VIRGIN.

C. 7 ft. by 6 ft.

Lord Ward.

Lord Northwick.

The Apostles kncel around the Madonna lying on a couch. St. Lawrence and St. Stephen stand on each side. The youthful figure of Christ appears above seated in a vesica glory supported by angels. He holds the soul of the Virgin, represented as a praying child, in a napkin. No. 799 of the Thirlestaine House Catalogue.

THE CRUCIFIXION, with numerous figures

A small genuine picture of the School.
House, but not in the Catalogue.

Ditto.

Also from Thirlestaine

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SIMONE MEMMI, 1285-1344.

Liverpool Royal Institution.

CHRIST RETURNING TO HIS PARENTS.

1 ft. 7 in. by 1 ft. 2 in.

Inscribed and dated 1342. Engraved by G. Scharf, in Kugler's Handbook of Italian Painting, p. 157. (edition 1855.) No. 9 of the new Liverpool Catalogue.

BUFFALMACCO, 1273-1351.

Christ Church, Oxford.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, enthroned, holding a label

GIOTTO.

STANDING FIGURE OF A SAINT WITH CROSS AND BOOK. To the
knees.

Christ Church, Oxford.

No. 128 of the Library Catalogue.

TADDEO GADDI, 1300-1366.
SMALL ALTARPIECE WITH WINGS
W. Fuller Maitland, Esq.
Inscribed and dated 1338. The central subject is the Crucifixion, on
the right the Nativity; on the left the Virgin enthroned and
surrounded by Saints. The centre is thought to be by Giottino. W.
vol. 3, p. 2.

A SMALL CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN. Four kneeling Angels
below

Rev. J. Fuller Russell.

The style of this picture closely approaches that of Giotto. W. vol. 2, p. 463.

TADDEO GADDI continued.

25 FOUR FIGURES WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PART OF A

SPINELLO ARETINO, 1318; still living 1408.

A SMALL TABERNACLE painted with the Descent of the Holy

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THE VIRGIN AND CHILD

Beriah Botfield, Esq., M.P.

P. 2 ft. by 1 ft. 2 in.

A duplicate is in the Gal-
Exhibited in the British

From the Palazzo Ricardi at Florence.
lery of the Marquess d'Alvanter at Lisbon.
Institution in 1850. No. 151. W. vol. 2, p. 335. S. B. 46, p. 23.

ILLUMINATION OF THE BIRTH OF ST. JOHN, on parchment

Liverpool Royal Institution.

Cut out of one of the celebrated large Missals, described by Vasari
in his life of Don Lorenzo, which were so much
de' Medici, and sought also by his son Leo X.
page 202.
Bohn's translation, vol. 1, p. 283.)
and Roscoe's Collection.

W. vol. 3, p. 232.

admired by Lorenzo (Vasari, ed. Flor. 1832, Formerly in Ottley's

DEATH AND GLORIFICATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY, an illumina-
tion on parchment

This and No. formed part of the same book. Described in Dibdin's Bibl. Decameron. It cost Mr. Ottley £100. Waagen, Kunst werke, &c., in England. Ed. Berl. 1837, vol. 1, p. 401.

TADDEO DI BARTOLO, 1363-1422.

VIRGIN AND CHILD with four Angels, two holding the crown Ditto.
Called by Mr. Dawson Turner a STARNINA. W. vol. 2, p. 462.

A DIPTYCH, containing on one leaf the Madonna and Child
enthroned between SS. James the Greater and John the
Baptist and two Angels: on the other the Crucifixion, the
Virgin, and St. John, the Magdalen embraces the Cross Ditto.

ANGELICO DA FIESOLE, 1387-1455.

ENTOMEMENT OF THE VIRGIN

W. Fuller Maitland, Esq.

Formerly in the possession of Mr. Warner Ottley, and No. 30 of the
Sale Catalogue in 1847. Engraved in the Etruria Pittrice, vol. 1, pl. 9,
and in D'Agincourt, pl. 114, fig. 6, as the production of Giotto.
Exhibited at the British Institution in 1852, No. 12. W. vol. 3, p. 2

THE CRUCIFIXION. A fresco

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Gillis.

BARTOLO DI FREDI. Painted 1356; still living 1409.

35 ADORATION OF THE KINGS

Rev. J. Fuller Russell.

For a memorandum of the family of the Fredi, see Lanzi, vol. 1, rage 285 of Bohn's edition. W. vol. 2, p. 462.

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ANGELICO DA FIESOLE, 1387-1455.

THE LAST JUDGMENT

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From the Fesch collection. Fiesole executed five repetitions of this
subject, which have been engraved in part in lithography by L. Gruner,
in outline by G. Scharf, for the Life of Fiesole issued by the Arundel
Society, and the upper part of the picture in the Belle Arti at Florence
will be found in Rossini's Storia dell' Arte. W. vol. 2, p. 230.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED, Angels stand around, St.
Dominic and St. Catherine kneel in front

Lord Ward.

Ditto.

MASSACCIO, 1402-1443.

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HIS OWN PORTRAIT

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41

42

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Lord Northwick.

No. 74 of the Thirlestaine House Catalogue. W. vol. 3, p. 196.
STUDY OF AN UNDRAPED FIGURE. (Original drawing) Christ Church, Oxford.
PESELLINO, 1426-1457.

THE EXHIBITION OF A RELIC

Liverpool Royal Institution. The picture contains portraits of Cosmo de' Medici, his son Piero, and grandsons Lorenzo and Giuliano. In the massiveness of the figures the influence of Masaccio may be traced. No. 17 of the new Liverpool Catalogue. W. vol. 3, p. 233.

NICCOLÒ ALUNNO, 1458-1499.

THE CRUCIFIXION, the Virgin, St. John, St. Jerome, and a
monastic Saint in grey dress

P.

H. A. J. Munro, Esq.

Formerly attributed to PETRO PERUGINO. W. vol. 2, p. 132. VIRGIN AND CHILD, surrounded by a vesica glory and heads of cherubim

Probably part of a picture. M. Hartzen inclines to attribute this picture to PINTURICCHIO. No. 17 of the Kensington Catalogue.

FRA FILIPPO LIPPI, 1412-1469.

ST. PETER AND ST. JOHN healing the lame man W. Fuller Maitland, Esq.
From Mr. Ottley's Collection. This picture adorned the predella or
step of an altarpiece. W. vol. 3, p. 3.

A predella picture. No. 15 of the new Liverpool Catalogue. W. vol. 3, p. 232.

THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. SEBASTIAN

Ditto.

A predella picture. No. 14 of the new Liverpool Catalogue. W. vol. 3, p. 232.

VIRGIN AND CHILD, enthroned, surrounded by Saints and Angels

Painted upon a leathern wedge-shaped shield of somewhat convex

Ditto.

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