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 *graved by J. Audran.—Landon, Musée, vii. Pl. 13.

Marriage of Maria de' Medici and Henri IV., Rubens, Louvre, Paris.

10. Coronation of Maria de' Medici (St. Denis, May 13, 1610), H. 13 ft. × 23 ft. 10 in. Engraved by J. Audran.—Landon, Musée, vii. Pl. 1, 2.

11. Apotheosis of Henri IV., H. 13 ft. × 23 ft. 10 in. Engraved by G. Duchange (1708).—Landon, Musée, viii. Pl. 61, 62.

12. Government of the Queen, H. 13 ft. × 23 ft. Engraved by Picart (1707).—Landon, Musée, vi. Pl. 45, 46.

13. Journey of Maria de' Medici to Pont-de-Cé, H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by Ch. Simonneau (1709).—Landon, Musée, vi. Pl. 61.

14. Exchange of the Two Princesses (November 9, 1615; illustrating the double alliance by marriage between France and Spain), H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by B. Audran.—Landon, Musée, vii. Pl. 23.

15. Happiness of the Regency, H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by B. Picart.—Landon, Musée, vii. Pl. 33.

16. Majority of Louis XIII., H. 13 ft × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by A. Trouvain.—Landon, Musée, vii. Pl. 49.

17. Flight of the Queen from the Château de Blois (February 22, 1619), H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by C. Vermeulen.—Landon, Musée, vii. Pl. 13.

18. Reconciliation of Maria de' Medici with her Son, H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by A. Loir.—Landon, Musée, vii. Pl. 69.

19. Conclusion of the Peace, H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by B. Picart (1703).—Landon, Musée, vii. Pl. 29.

20. Interview between Maria de' Medici and her Son, H. 13 ft. × 9 ft. 8 in. Engraved by Duchange (1709).—Landon, Musée, viii. Pl. 25.

21. Triumph of the Truth, H. 13 ft. × 5 ft. 3 in. Engraved by A. Loir.—Landon, Musée, viii. Pl. 51.

—Cat. Louvre; Michiels, Rubens, 143; Sainsbury, Orig. Papers, 63; Gal. du Pal. du Luxembourg (Paris, 1710); Smith, ii. 120.

MEDOLA, ANDREA, See Schiavone, Andrea.

MEDUSA, HEAD OF, Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Uffizi, Florence; wood, in form of a shield. Presented to Grand Duke Ferdinand by the Cardinal del Monte.—Molini, ii. Pl. 42; Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 620.

MEDUSA, RAFT OF THE (Radeau de la Méduse), Jean Louis Géricault, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 16 ft. × 23 ft. 6 in. The frigate Medusa, accompanied by three other vessels, the Echo, Loire, and Argus, sailed with about 400 persons on board, from France, June 17, 1816, for St. Louis, Senegal. On July 2d the frigate struck on the Arguin shoal and, after five days' useless labour trying to float her, the crew and passengers took to the boats and a raft. Of 149 persons on the raft, only 15 were living on the twelfth day, when they were picked up by the Argus. Salon, 1819; exhibited in London; sold, after painter's death, to