Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
A seated putto and an angel scattering flowers
c.1860-76Carbon print | 13.8 x 15.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851047
The figure of the angel standing on the right with outstretched arms shows similarities with a figure drawn by an artist from the circle of Perugino on a sheet part of the 'Libretto Veneziano' now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice (f.56r). A photograph of the Venice drawing can be found at RCIN 851044.
Showing a seated winged putto holding a scroll on the left, and a standing draped angel strewing flowers on the right.
Creator(s)
After a work by the circle of Bernardino Pinturicchio (c. 1452-1513) (artist)
13.8 x 15.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- Putti
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.60, under no.9 (Peronnet 1997 : Peronnet, B, 1997. Dessins italiens du Musee Conde a Chantilly II. Raphael et son cercle, Paris)
pp. 170-177, no. 62 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )