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 Engraved by G. Rossi.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl. 29; C. & C., Italy, iii. 470.

By Sebastien Bourdon, Louvre; canvas, H. 1 ft. × 10 in. The Virgin, seated, her left arm on a broken column, holds on her knees Jesus, to whom the infant, St. John, kneeling, offers a dove; above, an angel with a crown of flowers. Engraved by Avril père in Musée français.—Larousse, viii. 78.

By Correggio. See Madonna della Cesta.

By Domenichino, Louvre; canvas, H. 1 ft. 2 in. × 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 infant St. John; behind them Joseph unloads the ass. Called also Madonna of the Shell (Vierge à la Coquille). Collection of Louis XVI. Engraved by Müller.—Musée royal, i.; Filhol, ii. Pl. 82; Landon, Vies, Pl. 104.

By Garofalo, Vatican, Rome. The Virgin, with Jesus standing in her lap, is seated 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 Gius. Morghen.—Vaticano descritto, vi. Pl. 80.

By Giulio Romano, Louvre; wood, H. 4 ft. 10 in. × 3 ft. 6 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 a 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 Gonzaga.—Filhol, x. Pl. 662; Ch. Blanc, École romaine.

By Ludwig Knaus, Miss Catherine L. Wolfe, New York; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 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 1876. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America, i. 120.

By Bernardino Luini, Louvre; wood, H. 1 ft. 8 in. × 1 ft. 6 in. The Virgin, half-*length, sustains Jesus, who, standing on a pedestal, has his arm around her neck; behind her, to right, is St. Joseph, leaning on a staff. Carefully modelled and delicately coloured.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.

Holy Family, Michelangelo, Tribune of the Uffizi, Florence.

By Michelangelo, Tribune of the Uffizi, Florence; round, painted in tempera. The Virgin, kneeling, raises Jesus over her right shoulder and presents him to St. Joseph behind her. In background, various nude figures, upright, recumbent, and seated. Painted in 1502-4 for Agnolo Doni. The only easel picture by Michelangelo the authenticity of which has never been doubted.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 158; Lasinio, i. Pl. 43; Larousse, viii. 77.

By Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 9 in. × 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 receive him; in background, arches and carpenter's tools; in foreground, a basket of tools. Duc de Tallard sale (1776), to M. de Thiers, 802 livres. Engraved by J. B. Tilliard.—Curtis, 172; Hermitage Cat.