" For 10 points, name this Biblical woman who looks over the infant Jesus and John the Baptist near "the rocks" in a painting by da Vinci.
This figure is sometimes depicted holding a book on the 'seat of wisdom.' In one painting, this figure stands on a base decorated with sphinxes, which were wrongly identified by Vasari as harpies. Caravaggio's ("CARE"-ah-VAH-jee-ohs) depiction of this figure's death depicts her swollen feet and belly. A man in the lower right unfurls a scroll while this woman totes a large baby in a painting by Parmigianino (PAR-meh-JEE-ah-NEE-no), in which she is "of the long neck." For 10 points, name this Biblical woman who looks over the infant Jesus and John the Baptist near "the rocks" in a painting by da Vinci.
This figure is sometimes depicted holding a book on the 'seat of wisdom.'
{Mary} [or the {Madonna}; or {Virgin Mary}; prompt on {Mother} of {Jesus}; prompt on {Our Lady}]