Virgin, half-length, sitting, presents to Jesus, standing on a cushion before her, a bunch of grapes; behind, boy angels and a curtain.—Cat. Munich Gal.
By Pierre Mignard, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 3 ft. 1 in. (Vierge à la Grappe). The Virgin, seated near a table with fruit upon it, holds Jesus upon her knees on a cushion; he raises her veil and takes a grape which she gives him. Collection of Louis XIV.; was at Versailles in 1709-10.—Filhol, iv. Pl. 260; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Larousse, xv. 1029.
By Martin Schongauer, Vienna Museum; wood, H. 10 in. × 6-1/2 in. The Virgin, seated on a wooden bench, holds in her left hand a bunch of grapes, from which she is picking one for Jesus, who stands on her lap embracing her neck; in background, Joseph with an ox and an ass. Acquired in 1806 from Böhm Collection.—Dohme (Keane), 81.
MADONNA IN THE GREEN. See Madonna
in the Meadow.
MADONNA OF THE GREEN CUSHION
(Vierge au Coussin vert), Andrea Solario,
Louvre; wood, H. 1 ft. 9 in. × 1 ft. 6 in.;
signed. Called also Vierge à l'Oreiller vert
and Vierge allaitant Jésus. The Virgin, her
head covered with a white veil, is giving the
breast to the infant Jesus, who is lying on a
green cushion upon a marble parapet.
Painted in France in 1507-9 for the convent
of the Cordeliers at Blois; given to Marie
de Medicis, in exchange for a copy by Mosnier;
passed thence to Cardinal Mazarin,
then to the Duc de Mazarin, then to Prince
de Carignan, from whom bought for Louis
XV.; appears in 1784 in royal cabinet at
Versailles. Copy in Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Engraved by Demeulemeester; C.
Ulmer; M. L. Butavand; N. Lecompte.—C.
& C, N. Italy, ii. 56; Mündler, 203;
Villot, Cat. Louvre; Musée royal; Filhol,
ix. Pl. 16; Landon, Musée, ii. Pl. 35.
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Madonna of the Green Cushion, Andrea Solario, Louvre.
MADONNA DELL' IMPANNATA (of
the Sun-Shade), Raphael, Palazzo Pitti, Florence;
wood, H. 5 ft. × 4 ft. The Virgin,
standing, about to receive Jesus from arms
of St. Elizabeth, who is sitting at left; behind
her, a woman (Mary Magdalen?)
touches Jesus with her finger; on the right,
John the Baptist, seated on a panther's skin,
points to Jesus. Behind is a window with
a sun-shade (impannata). Painted in Rome
about 1514 for Bindo Altoviti of Florence;
afterward an altarpiece in chapel of Duke
Cosmo's palace; carried to Paris in 1799;
returned in 1815. Authenticity doubted;
probably mostly painted by Giulio Romano,
but a drawing in Royal Collection, England,
proves that the design is Raphael's Engraved
by Fr. Villamena (1602); R. Guidi
(1604); C. Mogalli; Crispin de Pas; Balzer
(1818); E. Esquivel de Sotomayor
(1825); Dissard; Bertonnier; Landon; also
when in Paris by Lorichon, after design by
Ingres.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 351; Passavant,
ii. 327; Kügler (Eastlake), ii. 374;
Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, iii. 336; Gal.
du Pal. Pitti, iv. Pl. 94; Lübke, Raphael, 78,
113.
