Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
A study for the Christ Child
c.1860-76Carbon print | 25.9 x 19.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851038
A photograph of a drawing attributed to Raphael (c.1518) now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.534E). The drawing is a study for the figure of the Christ Child in the so-called ‘Holy Family of Francis I’, a painting attributed to Raphael and his workshop (1518) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.604). A photograph of the ‘Holy Family of Francis I’ can be found at RCIN 851028.
Showing a full-length naked child, turned to the right, with outstretched arms, being held under his shoulders by a figure on the right not fully worked out.
Showing a full-length naked child, turned to the right, with outstretched arms, being held under his shoulders by a figure on the right not fully worked out.
Creator(s)
After a work attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
25.9 x 19.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
no. 543E (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi))
p. 233, no 395 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp. 170-177, no. 62 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )
