One of them, made for Taddeo Taddei, is now at Burlington House, having been acquired by the Royal Academy through the medium of Sir George Beaumont.

This ranks among the best things belonging to that Corporation.

The other, made for Bartolommeo Pitti, will be found in the Palazzo del Bargello at Florence.

Of the two, that of our Royal Academy is the more ambitious in design, combining singular grace and dignity in the Madonna with action playfully suggested in the infant Christ and little S.John.That of the Bargello is simpler, more tranquil, and more stately.

The one recalls the motive of the Bruges Madonna, the other almost anticipates the Delphic Sibyl.