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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

Compositional studies

c.1860-76

Carbon print | 20.1 x 25.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851210

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1505) currently in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.IV, 206r).

The photograph shows two studies of a Madonna with Child (left and lower right), a study of a Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist (upper right), and a study of a child alone (lower centre).
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 20.1 x 25.3 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
    • Organisation
      • Documentation
        • Books
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.159, no.108r

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.92 C.XVIII.1