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 6 ft. 4 in. × 5 ft. St. Anna, seated on a bench in front of a balustrade, teaches the Virgin, who stands beside her, to read from a book; behind, left, St. Joachim, whose countenance shows delight at the progress of the pupil; above, two angels with a crown of flowers. Painted for the Church of the Unshod Carmelites, Antwerp. Engraved by Schelte; Bolswert; C. Waumans.—Réveil, x. 748.

Education of the Virgin, Rubens, Antwerp Museum.

VIRGIN IN GLORY WITH SAINTS, Simone Cantarini, Bologna Gallery; canvas, H. 7 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 3 in. The Virgin, seated upon clouds in a glory of angels, two of whom are about to crown her, with one foot upon the crescent moon; below, SS. John Evangelist, Nicholas of Tolentino, and Euphemia. Engraved by G. Asioli.—Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 20.

VIRGIN OF GRIEF. See Mater Dolorosa.

VIRGIN, HOLY, Guido Reni, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, H. 4 ft. 3 in. × 3 ft. 1 in. Half-length, with drapery over her head and shoulders, her hands crossed upon her breast, and her eyes turned upwards. Engraved by E. Beisson.—Wicar, i. Part 10; Molini, Gal. di Firenze, i. 141; Soc. Ed. and Paris, Pl. 117.

VIRGIN, LIFE OF THE, Domenico Ghirlandajo, S. M. Novella, Florence; frescos on the wall of the choir. Seven subjects: 1. Joachim's Expulsion from the Temple; 2. Birth of the Virgin; 3. Presentation in the Temple; 4. Marriage of the Virgin; 5. Adoration of the Magi; 6. Massacre of the Innocents; 7. Death and Assumption of the Virgin. Executed, with the aid of assistants, about 1490, by order of Giovanni Tornabuoni, to replace the damaged works of Andrea Orcagna. Engraved by Lasinio.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 260; C. & C., Italy, ii. 476; Larousse, xv. 1028.

By Murillo, Sir Richard Wallace, Bart., London; canvas, H. 2 ft. 5 in. × 1 ft. 10 in. The Virgin and Joseph, holding each other by the hand, accompanied by five male and three female attendants, stand before the High Priest; above, the dove in a glory; in background, architecture and a crimson curtain.—Curtis, 143.

By Pietro Perugino, Caen Museum, France; canvas, life-size. Marriage of the Virgin and St. Joseph by the High Priest, in presence of a group of men on one side and of women on the other, in front of an octagon temple. A modification of the Delivery of the Keys to Peter, in the Sistine Chapel. Contracted for in 1495 for the Brotherhood of S. Giuseppe in Lorenzo, Perugia, but not painted until after 1500; carried to France in 1799 and not returned. Raphael probably had a hand in it, and his Sposalizio, at Milan, repeats the same consecrated type.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 581; C. & C., Italy, iii. 217; Müntz, 84.

By Raphael, Brera, Milan; wood, arched at top, H. 5 ft. 6 in. × 3 ft. 9 in.; signed, and dated 1504. Marriage of the Virgin and Joseph by the High Priest in the court of the temple; group of men on one side and of women on the other side of priest. An adaptation from Perugino's Sposalizio at Fano and at Caen. Painted for S. Francesco