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The Virgin and Child with a pomegranate
1858Albumen print? | RCIN 2864315
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1504) currently housed in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.IV,4879). The drawing may be a cartoon for a probably never executed painting.
The photograph shows the half-length Virgin resting her left hand on an open book and presenting the naked Christ Child with a pomegranate which she holds in her right; set against a landscape background.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 851201) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 13 (970572)
Creator(s)
Attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Florence : Alinari (photographer)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Horticulture
- Pomegranates
- Horticulture
- Agriculture and related techniques
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.149, no.68
