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Painted about 1512-13; formerly in Casa Altoviti, Florence, and later in Palazzo Altoviti, Rome, whence obtained in 1808 for Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria for 3,500 sequins. Engraved by R. Morghen as Raphael.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 351; Rumohr, Ital. Forsch., iii. 109; Passavant, ii. 117; Müntz, 290, 387; Gruyer, Raphael, Peintre de Portraits, i. 5, 17.

ALUNNO, NICCOLÒ, born at Foligno in 1430? died Aug. 1502; Umbrian school; son of a painter at Foligno, and pupil of Bartolommeo di Tommaso, through whose assistant, Benozzo Gozzoli, the scholar of Fra Angelico, his early style was affected by that Florentine influence which they brought to bear upon Umbria. Later his pictures give evidence of a North Italian influence, shown in the increased action of his figures, and their somewhat exaggerated facial expression. In the Madonna de' Consoli (1458), S. Francesco, Deruta, his drawing is stiff and defective, the colour a prevailing reddish brown; but the sentiment is deep, and the naïve Umbrian feeling marked. Other works in Alunno's first manner are: Banner in S. Antonio Abate, Deruta, in which the St. Anthony on one side recalls Gozzoli, and the crucifixion on the other Bartolommeo di Tommaso; Madonna and Angels, Duomo, Assisi, painted before 1465, to which year belong parts of an altarpiece, Brera, Milan; Annunciation (1466), Perugia Gallery, showing traces of Gozzoli's influence which continued up to about 1468. After 1471 that of Crivelli predominates, as in the altarpiece, Duomo, Gualdo; Annunciation, Bologna Gallery; Birth and Coronation of the Virgin (1483), Duomo, Nocera. The altarpiece in S. Niccolò, Foligno (1492), of which the Predella is in the Louvre, Paris, may be considered as Alunno's masterpiece in his second, eclectic style. One of his latest works is the Madonna with Angels and Saints (1499) in a Church at La Bastia, between Assisi and Perugia.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 508; Rossi, Pittori di Foligno (Perugia, 1872); Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 565; Rosini, ii. 34, 162; C. & C., Italy, iii. 125; Burckhardt, 556, 557; Müller, 19; Ch. Blanc, École ombrienne; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., i. 242.

ALVAREZ, Don LUIS, born in Spain, contemporary. Genre painter; pupil of Madrazo, the elder. Studio in Rome. Works: Spanish Birthday Festival, Mrs. E. D. Morgan, New York; Flirtation in a Gondola, Dressing for Ball, Selling Tickets for Charity Bull-Fight, J. P. Morgan, ib.; Ancient Coquette, Modern Coquette, R. C. Hawkins, ib.; Cardinal's Reception, Toilette of Duchess de Berri, H. Hilton, ib.; Jealousy, Mrs. A. T. Stewart, ib.; Hide and Seek, J. H. Stebbins, ib.; Flower-Shop, Samuel Hawk Collection, ib.; Halberdier, Obliging Suitor, R. L. Stuart Collection, ib.; Inopportune Visitor, R. G. Dun, ib.; Our Forefathers' Diversions, M. Graham, ib.; Distribution of Prizes in Palazzo Borghese (1885), M. Munn, ib.; Spinners, A. J. Antelo, Philadelphia; Concert, J. D. Lankenau, Philadelphia; Amateurs, C. H. Wolff, Philadelphia; Preparing for Masquerade, W. B. Bement, Philadelphia; Rousseau and Ladies picking Cherries, S. A. Coale, Jr., St. Louis; Marriage of Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Borghese, H. L. Dousman, St. Louis; Introduction of the Betrothed, Ch. Parsons, St. Louis; Flirtation, D. Catlin, St. Louis; New Baby, J. A. Scudder, St. Louis; Carnival in the Prado in 18th Century (1884);—La Illustracion (1884), i. 131; (1885), i. 6.

AMADEI, STEFANO, born in Perugia, Italy, Jan. 20, 1589, died there, Jan. 20, 1644. First devoted to science, he conceived a passion for painting while studying perspective with Giulio C. Angeli. He founded an art school in Perugia, and painted many altarpieces; acquired a certain reputation as a portrait painter, which procured him numerous orders in Rome.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 575; Passavant, Raphael, ii. 61.

AMALTEO, POMPONIO, born in San Vito, Friuli, in 1505, died there in 1584. Venetian