Exhibitions and records of works of art
Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art
Studies for a Virgin and Child
1860Albumen print | 11.9 x 15.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2864152
A photograph of a sheet featuring compositional studies by Raphael (c.1509-12), formerly in the Wicar Museum, Lille, and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.454). Ruland (1876) associated the sheet with a composition engraved by Jean Morin. An impression of the print can be found at RCIN 850745.
This drawing features other studies for a Virgin and Child on the verso: see RCIN 851257 for a photograph of the verso.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 850749) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 8 (970567)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Attributed to Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70) (photographer)
11.9 x 15.6 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Virgin & Child-Reading a book
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- 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
pp. 188-189, no. 539Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford
p. 200, no. 269
