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VIEGIN 6 ft. 4 in. x 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 Car- Education of the Virgin, Rubens, Antwerp Museum. melites, Antwerp. Engraved by Schelte ; Bolswert ; C. Waumans. He-veil, x. 748. VIRGIN IN GLORY WITH SAINTS, Simone Cantanni, Bologna Gallery ; can- vas, H. 7 ft. 5 in. x 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 Dolo- rosa. VIRGIN, HOLY, Guido Reni, Uffizi, Florence ; canvas, H. 4 f t 3 in. x 3 ft. 1 in. Half-length, with drapery over her head and shoulders, her hands crossed upon her breast, and her eyes turned upwards. En- graved by E. Beisson. Wicar, i. Part 10 ; Molini, Gal. di Firenze, i. 141 ; Soc. Ed. and Paris, PI. 117. VIRGIN, LIFE OF THE, Domenico Ghirlandajo, S. M. Novella, Florence ; fres- cos on the wall of the choir. Seven sub- jects : 1. Joachim's Expulsion from the Temple ; 2. Birth of the Virgin ; 3. Presen- tation in the Temple ; 4. Marriage of the Virgin ; 5. Adoration of the Magi ; 6. Mas- sacre of the Innocents ; 7. Death and As- sumption of the Virgin. Executed, with the aid of assistants, about 1490, by order of Giovanni Tornabuoni, to replace the dam- aged 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. x 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 cur- tain. 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 De- livery 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 con- secrated type. Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 581 ; C. & C., Italy, iii. 217 ; Miintz, 84. By Raphael, Brera, Milan ; wood, arched at top, H. 5 ft. 6 in. x 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