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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

A study for God the Father blessing

c.1800-1870

Lithograph | 24.2 x 22.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850672

A lithographic facsimile of a silverpoint study by Raphael (c.1506-07) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.175). Lettered with the name of Raphael. See RCIN 850671 for a photograph of the drawing.

Ruland (1876) described the drawing as a study for the figure of God the Father in the lunette surmounting the central panel of the so-called ‘Colonna Altarpiece’ now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no.1630ab; see RCIN 850667). See RCIN 850667 for a photograph of the painting.

It has been suggested that the drawing may be a first idea for the lunette of Raphael’s ‘Entombment’ (1507, Galleria di Villa Borghese, Rome, inv. no.170; see RCIN 850290 for a photograph of the lunette depicting God the Father) or for the San Severo ‘Trinity’. See Bibliographic References for further information.

Showing a half length male figure leaning forward, gazing downwards with open hands.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 24.2 x 22.3 cm (sheet of paper)

    18.9 x 17.2 cm (image)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • God (Christianity)
            • God the Father
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p. 167, no. 140r (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

    pp. 233-246, no. 30 and 31E (for the Baglioni Altarpiece) (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )

    pp. 172-185, no. 17 (for the Colonna Altarpiece) (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )