The Predestination of the Virgin.  Curious Picture by Cotignola.

PART II.

The virgin and child.

The virgin and child enthroned. Virgo Deipara.  The Virgin in her
  Maternal Character.  Origin of the Group of the Mother and Child. 
  Nestorian Controversy.

The Enthroned Virgin in the old Mosaics.  In early Italian Art The
  Virgin standing as Regina Coeli.

La Madre Pia enthroned. Mater Sapientiae with the Book.

The Virgin and Child enthroned with attendant Figures; with Angels;
  with Prophets; with Apostles.

With Saints:  John the Baptist; St. Anna; St. Joachim; St. Joseph.

With Martyrs and Patron Saints.

Various Examples of Arrangement.  With the Fathers of the Church;
  with St. Jerome and St. Catherine; with the Marriage of St. Catherine. 
  The Virgin and Child between St. Catherine and St. Barbara; with Mary
  Magdalene; with St. Lucia.

The Virgin and Child between St. George and St. Nicholas; with St.
  Christopher; with St. Leonard.  The Virgin of Charity.

The Madonnas of Florence; of Siena; of Venice and Lombardy.  How
  attended.

The Virgin attended by the Monastic Saints.  Examples from various
  Painters.

Votive Madonnas.  For Mercies accorded; for Victory; for Deliverance
  from Pestilence; against Flood and Fire.

Family Votive Madonnas, Examples.  The Madonna of the Bentivoglio
  Family.  The Madonna of the Sforza Family.  The Madonna of the Moyer
  Family, The Madonna di Foligno.  German Votive Madonna at Rouen. 
  Madonna of Rene, Duke of Anjou; of the Pesaro Family at Venice.

Half-length Enthroned Madonnas; first introduced by the Venetians. 
  Various Examples.

The mater Amabilis, Early Greek Examples.  The infinite Variety given
  to this Subject.

Virgin and Child with St. John.  He takes the Cross

The madre Pia; the Virgin adores her Son.

Pastoral Madonnas of the Venetian School.

Conclusion of the Devotional Subjects.

HISTORICAL SUBJECTS.

PART I.

The life of the virgin from her birth to her marriage with Joseph.

The legend of Joachim and Anna.

Joachim rejected from the Temple.  Joachim herding his Sheep on the
  Mountain.  The Altercation between Anna and her Maid Judith.  The
  Meeting at the Golden Gate.

The nativity of the virgin.  The Importance and Beauty of the Subject. 
  How treated.

The presentation of the virgin.  A Subject of great Importance.  General
  Arrangement and Treatment.  Various Examples from celebrated Painters.