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 HOLY Engraved by G. Rossi. Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. PL 29 ; C. & C., Italy, iii. 470. By Sebastien fioitrdmi, Louvre ; canvas, H. 1 ft. x 10 in. The Virgin, seated, her left arm on a broken column, holds on IK r knees Jesus, to whom the infant, St. John, kneeling, offers a dove ; above, an angel with a crown of flowers. Engraved by Avril pi-re in Musc'e fran;ais. Larousse, viii. 78. By Correggio. See Madonna della Ccsta. By Domenichino, Louvre ; canvas, H. 1 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 7 in. The Virgin, seated on the ground near a spring, at right, catches the water in a shell, while Jesus, whom she holds in her arms, takes fruit from the in- fant St. John ; behind them Joseph unloads the ass. Called also Madonna of the Shell (Vierge a la Coquille). Collection of Louis XVI. Engraved by Miillcr. Mus'c royal, i.; Filhol, ii. PI. 82 ; Landon, Vies, PI. Kit. By (ifirn/'iilii, Vatican, Home. The Vir- gin, with Jesus standing in her lap, is seat- ed in front of ruins ; at right, St. Joseph, standing ; at left, St. Catherine, kneeling, with palm-branch in hand ; in background, a city. Engraved by Gins. Morghen. Vat- icano descritto, vi. PL 80. By (liullo Romano, Louvre ; wood, H. 4 ft. 10 in. /. 3 ft. in. The Virgin, seated under a tree in a garden, with Jesus on one knee ; he has one foot in his cradle, and turns to his mother as if to ask the meaning of the words Ecce Agnus Dei, which are on ft scroll held by the infant St. John beside him ; behind, at right, St. Joseph leans in meditation on the fragment of an ancient altar. Painted for Cardinal Gmi/aga. Filhol, x. PL GG2 ; Ch. Blanc, Eeole ro- maine. By Ludwig Knaus, Miss Catherine L. Wolfe, New York ; canvas, H. 4 ft. (! in. x 3 ft. The Virgin, sitting, withdraws the veil from Jesus lying on her knees, while a little angel clasps his hands in adoration beside her ; above, cherubs descending from clouds lighted by the moon, and in background, St. Joseph, leading the ass, gazing upward at them. Painted in 187f>. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America, i. I'JO. By Bernardino Luiiii, Louvre; wood, H. 1 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. (! in. The Virgin, half- length, sustains Jesus, who, standing on a pedestal, has his arm around her neck ; be- hind her, to right, is St. Joseph, leaning on a stafl'. Carefully modelled and delicately coloured. Villot, Cat. Louvre. By Micht'laniji-ln, Tribune of the I'rti/.i, Florence ; round, painted in tempera. The Virgin, kneeling, raises Jesus over her right shoulder ami presents him to St. Joseph behind her. In background, various nude ^J /: ^r ~ " V" /' i ' * "."** i Holy Fam.ly, Michplangoln, Tribune of trie Uff'Zi, Florence. figures, upright, recumbent, and seated. Painted in 1502-4 for Agnolo Doni. The only easel picture by Michelangelo the au- thenticity of which has never been doubted. Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. l.">8 ; Lasinio, i. PL ll! ; Larousse, viii. 77. By Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; canvas, H. !) in. X 7 in. St. Joseph standing with Jesus in his arms ; the Child stretches his arms toward the Virgin, who, seated on left near a basket, extends her arms to re- ceive him ; in background, arches and car- penter's tools ; in foreground, a basket of tools. Due de Tallard wile (177(1), to M. do Thiers, 802 livres. Engraved by J. B. Tilliard. Curtis, 172 ; Hermitage Cat 275