Exhibitions and records of works of art
Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth (?) and another female saint
c. 1857Albumen print? | RCIN 2864399
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1512) now in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (RCIN 912742). The drawing is a study for the so-called ‘Madonna dell’Impannata’, a painting generally attributed to Raphael's workshop after a design by the master (c.1513-16) now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.94). A photograph of the painting can be found at RCIN 851074.
Showing the standing Virgin receiving the Christ Child from St Elizabeth (?) who is seating alongside a female saint on the left.
A copy of this photograph (RCIN 851077) can be found in the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection, portfolio 12 (970571)
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Saint ElizabethBlessed 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Jacoby/Sonnabend 2012: edited by J. Jacoby and M. Sonnabend, Frankfurt/Main 2012 pp.121-3, no.13
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. 0800
Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London pp. 93-95, no. 23
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 144-149, no. 58
