Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
JAKOB FELSING (1802-83)
Heads of the Christ Child
c.1822-1873Etching | 63.1 x 44.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851073
A print reproducing eight heads of the Infant Christ arranged in a composition. The heads are details taken from paintings by Raphael, including the 'Sistine Madonna' (top centre; see RCIN 851061 for a print after the painting), the 'Madonna della Seggiola' (top centre right; see RCIN 850973 for a photograph of the painting), the 'Madonna del Velo' (centre; see RCIN 850785 for a print after the painting), the 'Bridgewater Madonna' (top centre left; see RCIN 850895 for a photograph of the painting), and the 'Tempi Madonna' (lower right; see RCIN 850719 for a photograph of the painting). Lettered state, with production details. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876).
Creator(s)
Jakob Felsing (1802-83) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Otto Felsing : Berlin (printer)
Goupil & Co. : Paris & London (publisher)
Johann Velten : Carlsruhe (publisher)
63.1 x 44.8 cm (sheet of paper)
23.2 x 27.2 cm (image, oval)
25.0 x 33.0 cm (platemark)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Medical sciences
- Anatomy
- Heads
- Anatomy
- Medical sciences
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Earth sciences
- Meteorology
- Clouds
- Meteorology
- Earth sciences
- Religion & Theology