Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER CESARE DA SESTO (MILAN 1477-MILAN 1523)
A seated female figure, the blessing Christ Child, and the Virgin with Holy children
c.1860-76Carbon print | 17.7 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850867
A photograph of a drawing by Cesare da Sesto now in Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.6781), formerly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. The sheet features several studies, including that of a group of the Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist, which has been described either as probably after a lost drawing by Raphael for his so-called ‘Alba Madonna’or a free interpretation after the painting. The 'Alba MAdonna' is now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (inv. no.1937.1.24; see RCIN 850853.a for a photograph of the painting).
The other studies on the sheet include a female draped figure seating in profile to the left (centre), a naked blessing child (top right) and the Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist (top left).
The other studies on the sheet include a female draped figure seating in profile to the left (centre), a naked blessing child (top right) and the Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist (top left).
Creator(s)
After Cesare da Sesto (Milan 1477-Milan 1523) (artist)
View person pageAfter a work previously attributed to Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519) (artist)
17.7 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 186, no. 246 (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))
