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MADONNA Virgin, half-length, sitting, presents to Je- sus, standing on a cushion before her, a bunch of grapes ; behind, boy angels and a curtain. Cat. Munich Gal. Bv Pierre Mifjnard, Louvre, Paris ; can- vas/ H. 4 ft, x3 ft. 1 in. (Vierge a la Grappe). The Virgin, seated near a table with fruit upon it, holds Jesus upon her knees on a cushion ; he raises her veil and takes a grape which she gives him. Collec- tion of Louis XIV. ; was at Versailles in 170D-10. Filhol, iv. PL 260 ; Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Larousse, xv. 1029. 'SSl-J Madonna of the Green Cushion, Andrea Solario, Louvre By Martin Schonyauer, Vienna Museum ; wood, H. 10 in. x(H in. The Virgin, seated on a wooden bench, holds in her left hand a bunch of grapes, from which she is picking one for Jesus, who stands on her lap embracing her neck ; in background, Joseph with an ox and an ass. Acquired in 1806 from Bohm Collection. Dohme (Keane), 81. MADONNA IN THE GREEN. See Ma- donna in the Meadow. MADONNA OF THE GREEN CUSHION (Vierge au Coussin vert), Andrea Solario, Louvre ; wood, H. 1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 6 in. ; signed. Called also Vierge a 1'Oreiller vert and Vierge allaitant Jesus. The Virgin, her head covered with a white veil, is giving the breast to the infant Jesus, who is lying on a green cushion upon a marble parapet. Painted in France in 1507-9 for the convent of the Cordeliers at Blois ; given to Mario de Medicis, in exchange for a copy by Mos- nier ; passed thence to Cardinal Mazarin, then to the Due de Mazarin, then to Prince de Carignan, from whom bought for Louis XV. ; appears in 1784 in royal cabinet at Versailles. Copy in Hermitage, St. Peters- burg. Engraved by Demeulemeester ; C. Ulmer ; M. L. Butavand ; N. Lecompte. C. & C , N. Italy, ii. 56 ; Miindler, 203 ; Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Musoe royal ; Filhol, ix. PI. 16 ; Landon, Musee, ii. PL 35. MADONNA DELL' IMPANNATA (of the Sun-Shade), Raphael, Palazzo Pitti, Flo- rence ; wood, H. 5 ft. x 4 ft. The Virgin, standing, about to receive Jesus from arms of St. Elizabeth, who is sitting at left ; be- hind her, a woman (Mary Magdalen ?) touches Jesus with her finger ; on the right, John the Baptist, seated on a panther's skin, points to Jesus. Behind is a window with a sun-shade (impannata). Painted in Rome about 1514 for Biutlo Altoviti of Florence ; afterward an altarpiece in chapel of Duke Cosmo's palace ; carried to Paris in 1799 ; returned in 1815. Authenticity doubted ; probably mostly painted by Giulio Romano, but a drawing in Royal Collection, England, proves that the design is Raphael's. En- ! graved by Fr. Villamena (1602) ; R. Guidi (1604) ; C. Mogalli ; Crispin de Pas ; Bal- zer (1818) ; E. Esquivel de Sotomayor (1825) ; Dissard ; Bertonnier ; Landon ; also when in Paris by Lorichon, after design by Ingres. Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 351 ; Passa- vant, ii. 327 ; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 374 ; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii 336 ; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, iv. PI. 94 ; Liibke, Raphael, 78, 113. 140