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VIOLLET-LE-DUC, ÉTIENNE ADOLPHE, born in Paris in 1817, died there in 1878. Landscape painter, pupil of Léon Fleury and of F. L. Français. Medals: 3d class, 1852, 1861; medal, 1870. Works: Valley of Jouy (1870); do. from Heights of Metz (1872); Isles of Hyères, Environs of Cannes (1874); West Entrance to Ferme du Mont at Étretat, East do. (1875); Aqueduct of Buc (1876); Plateau of Amont at Étretat, Beach at do. (1877).

VIRGEN DE BELEN. See Madonna de Belen.

VIRGEN DE LA FAJA. See Madonna à la Ceinture.

VIRGEN DE LA MANZANA. See Madonna of the Apple.

VIRGEN DEL PEZ. See Madonna del Pesce.

VIRGEN DE LA SERVILLETA. See Madonna de la Servilleta.

Birth of the Virgin, Annibale Carracci, Louvre, Paris.

VIRGIN, BIRTH OF, Annibale Carracci, Louvre, Paris; canvas, arched, H. 8 ft. 10 in. × 5 ft. The Eternal, in a glory of angels, presides over the birth of the Virgin, who is cared for by women in foreground; in background, St. Anna in bed aided by attendants; near her, Joachim and two women. Painted for church of pontifical palace at Loreto; later in Musée Napoléon. Engraved by R. V. Audenaerd.—Villot, Louvre; Landon, Musèe, xii. Pl. 10.

By Domenico Ghirlandajo. See Virgin, Life of.

By Murillo, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 6 ft. × 11 ft. 10 in. In a chamber, around a copper vessel prepared to bathe the babe, are two angels and four women, one of whom holds the infant while another brings linen; to left of them two cherubs, one playing with a dog; on extreme left, St. Anna sitting in bed, receiving St. Joachim and others; on right, two women drying linen at a fire-*place; above, five cherubs in a glory. Painted in 1655 for Cathedral of Seville; carried off by Soult; bid in at Soult sale (1852) at 90,000 francs; acquired by the government in 1858 at 150,000 francs. Engraved by A. Martinet; L. Massard; A. Masson; etched by Damman.—C. Bermudez, Carta, 59; Ford, Handbook, 180; Gaz. des B. Arts (1875), xi. 180; Klass. der Malerei, ii. Pl. 66; Curtis, 142; Réveil, vii. 471.

VIRGIN, CONCEPTION OF. See Conception.

VIRGIN, CORONATION OF, Fra Angelico, Louvre; wood, H. 7 ft. × 6 ft. 11 in. Christ, enthroned, crowning the Virgin in the presence of many angels and saints. In predella, seven scenes from life of St. Dominick, called the Miracles of St. Dominick. Painted for S. Domenico, Fiesole, whence taken by the French in invasion of 1812. Engraved by Ternite; A. François (1867);