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 MADONNA ADORING JESUS, Correggio, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, H. 2 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. The Virgin, on her knees, bending over Jesus, who lies on straw placed on a stone; background, a landscape with ruins. Painted about 1519 (?). A present from Duke of Mantua to Cosmo II. de' Medici; placed in Uffizi in 1617. Engraved by Delignon; Audran; Gregori.—Meyer, Correggio, 325, 484; Gal. de Florence, ii. Pl. 18.

MADONNA HUSHING JESUS, Correggio, probably the one owned by Prince Torlonia, Rome; canvas. The Virgin in the act of quieting Jesus, while St. John offers him fruit. Engraved by Spiere. Copy, canvas, with variations, in Eszterhazy Collection, Pesth; another, on wood, in Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Meyer, Correggio, 329; Waagen, Hermitage, 57.

MADONNA OF THE LADDER. See Pietà, Correggio.

MADONNA OF THE LEGEND. See Madonna della Rosa, Raphael.

MADONNA DEL LIBRO. See Madonna Connestabile.

MADONNA WITH LILY OF VALLEY, Hans Holbein, Herr Schmitter Hug, Ragatz. The Virgin, half-length, behind a balustrade, on which she holds Jesus on a cushion; in his right hand is a rosary, while his left is touching a peach held by his mother; on the balustrade, right, a vase containing lilies of the valley. Painted in Augsburg. Restored by Eigner.—Woltmann (Bunnet), Holbein, 89.

MADONNA LISA DEL GIOCONDO. See Mona Lisa.

MADONNA OF THE LONG NECK. See Madonna del Collo Lungo.

MADONNA DI LORETO. See Holy Family of Loreto.

MADONNA DI LUCCA, Jan van Eyck, Städel Gallery, Frankfort; wood, H. 1 ft. 11-1/2 in. × 1 ft. 5-1/2 in. The Virgin, giving the breast to Jesus, is enthroned beneath a dais, before which is spread out a rich carpet; to right, an oil-flask and a basin in a niche; to left, fruit on a window-sill. From collection of King of Netherlands for 3,000 florins. Formerly in gallery of Duke of Lucca, whence its name.—C. & C., Flemish Painters, 112; Dohme (Keane), 227; W. & W., ii. 21.

MADONNA DELLA LUCERTOLA. See Holy Family—del Lagarto.

MADONNA, MANCHESTER, Michelangelo, National Gallery, London; tempera on wood, H. 3 ft. 4-1/2 in. × 2 ft. 6 in. The Virgin, seated, holding in her right hand an open book, on which Jesus, standing by her side, has placed his right hand; beside him stands the Infant St. John; on each side are angels, one of whom is reading from a scroll. Seven figures, two unfinished. Exhibited at British Institute in 1847 by Mrs. Bonar, who sold it Mr. Labouchère, afterwards Lord Taunton, from whose executors purchased for National Gallery in 1870 for £2,000. Manchester Exhibition, 1857. Formerly attributed to Domenico Ghirlandajo. Etched by A. François.—W. & W., ii. 590; Richter, Ital. Art in Nat. Gal., 44, 109; do., Academy (1881), 205; Springer; Black, Michael Angelo, 196.

MADONNA IN THE MEADOW (Madonna della Verdura, Jungfrau im Grünen), Raphael, Vienna Museum; wood, H. 3 ft. 9 in. × 2 ft. 10 in.; dated 1506. The Virgin, seated in a flower-strewn meadow, leans towards the Infant Jesus, and turning her head to the left looks at the little kneeling St. John who offers him a cross. Painted in Florence for Taddeo Taddei, whose heirs sold it in the 17th century to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. In Palace of Innsbruck until 1663, when taken to Schloss Ambras in Tyrol; transferred in 1773 to Imperial Collection, Vienna. In good preservation. Old copy on canvas, by Carotto or Garofalo, in sacristy of S. Tommaso Cantuariense, Verona. Engraved by P. Anderloni (1810); C. Agricola (1812); C. Kotterba; M. Vogler; Steinmüller; J. Hahn.—C. & C., Raphael, i. 259; Passavant, ii. 35; Müntz, 178; Baldinucci, Notizie (Milan, 1811), vi. 229; Gruyer,