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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Drapery studies for a half length seated figure of the Virgin

c.1860-76

Carbon print | RCIN 850666

A photograph of a pen and ink study sheet by Lorenzo di Credi formerly attributed to Raphael now in the Uffizi (inv. no.516 E r ). Ruland (1876) attributed the studies to Raphael and associated them with the figure of the Virgin in the so-called ‘Terranuova Madonna’ (c.1504-05; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, inv. no.247A; See RCIN 850660 for a photograph of the painting).
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)