11 JANUARY 1930, Page 30

General Knowledge Questions

Oua weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. W. F. Broadbent, Halefield, Wendover, Bucks, for the following :-

Questions on Italian Painters and Pictures 1. Who painted " St. Francis and the Birds " ?

2. By whom is the portrait of Doge. Leonardo Loredauo ?

3. Who painted " The Madonna of the Cherries " ? 4. From what gallery has Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" been brought ? 5. Who painted the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ? 6. Who painted " The Rout of San Romano " ? 7. Where is Raphael's picture of the Transfiguration ? 8. Who painted " The Madonna of the Basket ' ? 9: Who painted " The Family of Darius at the feet of Alexan- der " ?

10. Where is Leonardo's picture of the Last Supper ? 11. Who painted " The Three Philosophers " ?

12. Who was a pupil of Filippo Lippi

13. Who painted a picture of the Rotunda at Ranelagh ?

Answers will be found on page 72.