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,
