Prince Albert used photography to document exhibitions and works of art
Prince Albert used photography to document exhibitions and works of art
Albumen print? | RCIN 2864400
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507) now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 912738). The drawing connects with a sheet attributed to Raphael currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3949). The two drawings show similarity in composition with ‘The Canigiani Holy Family’, a painting by Raphael now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (inv. no.WA 476). It has been suggested that the two drawings may be either preparatory studies for a – lost or never executed - composition, or independent developments from ‘The Canigiani Holy Family’. A photograph of the 'Canigiani Holy Family’ can be found at RCIN 850756.
Showing the full-length seated Virgin supporting the standing Christ Child who leans backwards, with the crouched St Elizabeth supporting the Infant Christ on the left; in a landscape.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 851098) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 12 (970571)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London no. 0790