Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
CHARLES LOUIS SCHULER (1785-1852)
Holy Family with Saints and Angel [‘The Holy Family of Francis I’]
c.1805-1842Engraving | 75.3 x 55.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851033
A print reproducing (in reverse) 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). Lettered state, with production details, title, dedication and dedicatee's coat of arms.
Showing the full-length seated Virgin supporting the Christ Child stepping out of His cradle; with St Joseph behind her on the left, and the crouched St Elizabeth supporting the Young John the Baptist who clasps his hands in adoration on the right; 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.
Showing the full-length seated Virgin supporting the Christ Child stepping out of His cradle; with St Joseph behind her on the left, and the crouched St Elizabeth supporting the Young John the Baptist who clasps his hands in adoration on the right; 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.
Creator(s)
Charles Louis Schuler (1785-1852) (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Henry Felsing (printer)
Institut Bibliographique : Hildburghausen, Amsterdam & Philadelphia (publisher)
Charles Louis Schuler (1785-1852) (dedicator)
75.3 x 55.8 cm (sheet of paper)
51.9 x 39.6 cm (image)
54.0 x 48.3 cm (platemark)
LA SAINTE FAMILLE.
- 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
- Virgin & Child with Saints
- Virgin & Child
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- Religion & Theology
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 )
