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Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art
Studies for a figure of the Christ Child
1860Albumen print | 11.6 x 16.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2864155
A photograph of a sheet by Raphael (c.1509-11) formerly in the Musée Wicar, Lille, and now in Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.438). The sheet features preparatory studies for the figure of the Christ Child in the so-called 'Madonna di Loreto’, a painting by Raphael (c.1511) now in the Musée Condé, Chantilly (inv. no.68; see RCIN 850869 for a print reproducing the painting).
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 850872) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 9 (970568)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Attributed to Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)
11.6 x 16.6 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris p. 190, no. 541
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 201, no. 272
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 89-97, no. 51
