Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
THÉODORE RICHOMME (1785-1849)
Holy Family with Saints and Angel [‘The Holy Family of Francis I’]
c.1805-1839Engraving with etching | 87.3 x 61.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851034
A print 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). Lettered state, with publication details, title, dedication and dedicatee's arms.
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.
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.
Creator(s)
Théodore Richomme (1785-1849) (engraver)
Claude-Marie-François Dien (1787-1865) (engraver) [finished by]
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Felsing, H. : Darmstadt (printer)
Goupil & Co. : Paris (publisher)
P & D Colnaghi & Co : London (publisher)
Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Queen Consort of Bavaria (1792-1854) (dedicatee)
Artaria & Fontaine : Mannheim (dedicator)
87.3 x 61.3 cm (sheet of paper)
47.4 x 31.5 cm (image)
60.8 x 42.1 cm (platemark)
DIE HEILIGE FAMILIE.
- 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 )
