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VIRGIN Hans Holbein, elder, Augsburg Gallery ; Hans von Culmbach, Munich Gallery ; Hans Schauffelein, ib. ; Hans Baldung Grien, Fri- burg Cathedral ; Adriaen van der Werff, Old Pinakothek, Munich ; Giotto, Church of S. Francesco d'Assisi ; Claudius Jac- quand, St. Philippe-du-Roule, Paris. VIRGIN, DEATH OF, Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Louvre, Paris ; canvas, H. 12 ft. 1 in. x 8 ft. The Virgin on her death-bed, the apostles and their disciples in affliction ; in Death of the Virgin, Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Louvre, Paris. foreground, at right, a woman seated, her head upon her knees, weeping. Painted for S. M. della Scala in Trastevere, Rome ; bought by Duke of Modena, who sold it to Charles I. of England ; bought by Jabach, who sold it to Louis XIV. Engraved by S. Vallee ; H. Laurent ; Claessens ; Oortmann. Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Musee royal, i. ; Fil- hol, viL PL 475 ; Landon, Musee, iv. PL 32 ; Meyer, Kttnst. Lex., i. 615 ; Cab. Crozat, ii. PL 91. By Domenico Ghirlandajo. See Virgin, Life of. By Martin Sckaffner, Pinakothek, Munich ; wood, H. 9 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 2 in. She kneels, supported by two of the apostles, while an- other, in priestly raiments, holds before her a book ; at the right, two kneeling are read- ing from a book and two others are visible in background ; at the right, two more are bringing a sprinkler and a censer ; above, the soul of the dying, borne upwards by angels to a glory, where it is received by Christ. On the reverse : Christ with the Apostles, and half of the Departure of Christ, the other half being on the back of another picture in the Pinakothek. These, and other panels, formed once the wings of the altar door of a convent at Weddenhau- sen, near TJltn. They came into possession of the Government in 1803, when the con- vent was broken up. Engraved by J. Bur- ger. Fiirster, v. VIRGIN, EDUCATION OF, Jean Jou- venet, Uffizi, Florence ; canvas. The Vir- gin, her hands joined, kneels before her mother, who points with her finger to let- ters on a paper spread out upon her knees ; Joachim leans upon a chair in which St. Anna is seated ; in background, young girls at work ; above, the heads of cherubim smil- ing hi the clouds. Engraved by Pierre Dre- vet. Several repetitions. Larousse, vii. 215. By Murillo, Madrid Museum ; canvas, H. 7 ft 2 in. x 5 ft 5 in. St. Anna, seated on a bench with an open book in her lap, teach- es the Virgin, who stands on left ; above, two cherubs about to crown the latter with flowers ; on left, a marble column and a basket of linen ; in background, a balus- trade. Painted about 1674 ; figures thought to be portraits of wife and daughter of ar- tist. From Isabel Farnese Collection. Lith- ographed by F. Decraene ; H. Eichens ; Ja- cott ; and others. Study, Madrid Museum ; sketch, Edward A. Leatham, London. Cur- tis, 143 ; Gaz. des B. Arts (1875) ; Madrazo, 478. By Rubens, Antwerp Museum ; canvas, H. 378