AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

Holy Family with Saints and Angel [‘The Holy Family of Francis I’]

c.1525-1600

Engraving | 44.5 x 30.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851030

An engraving after 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). State without any lettering. Another impression of this print can be found at RCIN 851031.

Showing the full-length seated Virgin supporting the Christ Child stepping out of His cradle; with St Joseph behind her on the right, and the crouched St Elizabeth supporting the Young John the Baptist who clasps his hands in adoration on the left; behind them an angel crowning the Virgin with flowers and a young woman with hands crossed on her chest; in an interior with view of landscape.

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After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
44.5 x 30.1 cm (sheet of paper)

42.3 x 28.5 cm (image)

43.4 x 29.4 cm (platemark)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Christianity
  Devotional Images of Christ
  Virgin & Child
  Virgin & Child with Saints
  Virgin & Child with Saints-Holy Family
  Angels, demons, devils, saints
  Angels
  Life of Christ
  Infancy of Christ
  Christ Child
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  Botany
  Systematic botany
  Flowering plants
Bibliographic reference(s)

pp. 170-177, no. 62 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )

Holy Family with Saints and Angel [‘The Holy Family of Francis I’]

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