This is the last production of RAPHAEL, and his most admirable _chef
d'oeuvre_ as to composition and grace of the contours in all its
figures. It is not yet exhibited, but will be shortly. This picture
is in perfect preservation, and requires only to be cleaned from a
coat of dust and smoke which has been accumulating on it for three
centuries, during which it graced the great altar of St. Peter's
church at Rome.
Among the portraits by RAPHAEL, the most surprising are:
N° 58. (Saloon.) _Baltazzare Castiglione_, a celebrated writer in
Italian and Latin.