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SS. Joseph and Elizabeth. Collection of Louis XIV. Engraved by Blomaert.—Villot, Cat. Louvre; Filhol, ii. Pl. 121; Landon, Musée, i. Pl. 43.

By Sebastian del Piombo, Baring Collection, London; wood, H. 3 ft. 2 in. × 3 ft. 6 in. A donor kneels before the Virgin, who rests one hand on his shoulder, while with the other she holds on her lap Jesus, who points to John Baptist with his cross, to the left; to the right, St. Joseph asleep. Painted about 1512. Formerly in the Stratton Collection.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 324; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 172.

Holy Family (La petite Sainte Famille), Raphael, Louvre.

By Raphael, Louvre; wood, H. 1 ft. 3 in. × 11 in. (La petite Sainte Famille). Jesus, standing in his cradle, leans across the Virgin's knees, and caresses the cheeks of St. John, whom St. Elizabeth, kneeling, presents to him; background, landscape with ruins. Painted in Rome about 1517-18; given by Raphael to Adrian Gouffier, Cardinal de Boissy, papal legate in France in 1519; passed to Duc de Rouanez, and bought finally by Louis XIV. Engraved by Fr. Poilly; P. Drevet; W. de Gutwein; J. B. L. Massard; S. Simonneau; A B. Desnoyers; and others. Probably painted by Giulio Romano, after Raphael's design.—Passavant, ii. 2, 63; Felibien, ii. 335; Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 362; Cab. Crozat, i. Pl. 17; Landon, Musée, ii. Pl. 5; Villot, Louvre; Filhol, i. Pl. 56.

By Rembrandt, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 2 ft. 2-3/4 in. × 3 ft. 4-1/2 in.; signed, dated 1645. The Virgin, seated in a rustic apartment, dressed in a red robe and dark-coloured skirt, holding a large open book on her knees, is raising the coverlet of a cradle in which Jesus lies asleep; a fire, over which is a pot, burns on a hearth near her; in background, St. Joseph chopping wood; above, a group of angels hovering.—Smith, vii. 29.

By Sir Joshua Reynolds, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 6 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 9 in. The Virgin, holding the infant Christ, and Joseph seated at base of a stone pedestal under a tree; at left, infant St. John with standard of the lamb; background, a landscape. Painted for Mr. Macklin, who sold it to Lord Gwydyr; purchased at his sale (1828) and presented to National Gallery; copy by J. R. Powell at Somerley, seat of Earl of Normanton, which Waagen mistook for a genuine Sir Joshua. Engraved by W. Sharp (1792); G. Presbury in Jones's National Gallery.—Cat. Nat. Gal.; Eng. Painters of Georgian Era, 4; Art Journal (1860), 359.

By Rubens, Blenheim Palace. See Return from Egypt.

By Rubens, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; wood, H. 9-1/2 in. × 13-1/2 in. The Virgin seated on the ground, holding Jesus, who is caressing a lamb, across the neck of which St. John is standing; behind, St. Elizabeth, standing. Engraved by Earlom. Formerly in Houghton Gallery.—Smith, ii. 156.

By Rubens, Hertford House, London; wood, H. 4 ft. 2 in. × 3 ft. 1 in. Virgin and Child, with SS. Joseph, John, and Elizabeth. Formerly one of chief ornaments of the Belvedere Gallery, Vienna; presented in 1784