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 sur la vie, etc. (Paris, 1809); Nouvelle biog. gén., xlvi. 131; Revue univ. des Arts, xvii. 20.

VIERGE AUX BALANCES. See Madonna of the Scales.

VIERGE AU BAS-RELIEF. See Madonna of the Bas-Relief.

VIERGE À LA CEINTURE. See Madonna à la Ceinture.

VIERGE AUX CERISES. See Madonna of the Cherries.

VIERGE AU CHAPELET. See Madonna with Rosary.

VIERGE AU CHARDONNERET. See Madonna del Cardellino.

VIERGE CONSOLATRICE. See Madonna of Consolation.

VIERGE À LA COQUILLE. See Holy Family, Domenichino.

VIERGE COUPÉE. See Madonna, Murillo, Lord Overstone.

VIERGE AU COUSSIN VERT. See Madonna of the Green Cushion.

VIERGE À LA CROIX. See Madonna della Tenda.

VIERGE AU DIADÈME. See Madonna with Diadem.

VIERGE AU DONATAIRE. See Madonna di Foligno.

VIERGE DE L'ÉCHELLE. See Pietà, Correggio.

VIERGE À LA GRAPPE. See Madonna with the Grapes.

VIERGE AU LAPIN. See Madonna del Coniglio.

VIERGE AU LÉZARD. See Repose in Egypt.

VIERGE AU LINGE. See Madonna with Diadem.

VIERGE DE LA MAISON D'ALBE. See Madonna della Casa d'Alba.

VIERGE AU PALMIER. See Holy Family of the Palm.

VIERGE AU PANIER. See Madonna della Cesta.

VIERGE AUX ROCHERS. See Madonna among the Rocks.

VIERGE DE SEVILLE. See Holy Family, Murillo, Louvre.

VIERGE DE LA VICTOIRE. See Madonna della Vittoria.

VIERGE AU VOILE. See Madonna with Diadem.

VIGÉE-LEBRUN. See Lebrun.

VIGER, (JEAN LOUIS) HECTOR, born at Argentan (Orne), Oct. 25, 1819, died in Paris, March 15, 1879. History painter, pupil of Monvoisin, Delaroche, and Drölling; afterwards influenced by Lehmann. Works: St. Ann and the Virgin (1847), Saint Lazare, Paris; The Virgin working in the Temple (1850), Saint Jean d'Angel, ib.; Death of Virgil (1857), Langres Museum; Christ on the Cross (1864), Palais de Justice, Paris; Empress Josephine before the Coronation (1865), Marseilles Museum; Martyrdom of St. Denis and his Companions (1867), Saint Jacques du Haut-pas, Paris; Pas de Gavotte (1868), Argentan Museum; Les libellules (1870), Alençon Museum; Je ne pars plus (1870), Unexpected Return (1872), Orléans Museum; Corinne (1873), Argentan Museum; A Visit to St. Peter's in Rome (1874), Cherbourg Museum; First Distribution of the Legion of Honour in the Church of the Invalids, Palais de la Légion d'honneur, Paris.—Bellier, ii. 677.

VIGNE, FÉLIX DE, born in Ghent, March 16, 1806, died Dec. 5, 1862. History and genre painter, son and pupil of Ignatius de Vigne (1767-1840), and in Brussels of Paelinck; was very successful in rendering the character and costumes of the middle ages; distinguished also as a writer on art. Professor at the Academy and president of Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Ghent. Order of Leopold. Works: Mary of Burgundy interceding for the Ministers Hugonet and Imbercourt; Philip van Artevelde addressing People of Ghent; Antiquity Cabinet of H. Goltzius; Three Stages in Life of Woman; Market in 15th Century, Ghent Museum; Wedding of the Painter Van der Meere at Ghent; Abrocomas and Anthia, Brussels Museum; Children by a Wine-Cellar, Pavilion, Haarlem. His brother, Édouard de Vigne (born in Ghent, Aug. 4, 1808,