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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.1805-1839

    Engraving 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.

    • Creator(s)

      Théodore Richomme (1785-1849) (engraver)

      Claude-Marie-François Dien (1787-1865) (engraver) [finished by]

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

      Felsing, H. : Darmstadt (printer)

      Paris : Goupil & Co (publisher)

      P & D Colnaghi & Co : London (publisher)

      Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Queen of Bavaria (1792-1854) (dedicatee)

      Artaria & Fontaine : Mannheim (dedicator)

      Subject(s)

      Saint Elizabeth
      Saint Joseph
      Blessed Virgin Mary

    • 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
            • Life of Christ
              • Infancy of Christ
                • Christ Child
            • Angels, demons, devils, saints
              • Angels
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Botany
          • Systematic botany
            • Flowering plants
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

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

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.78 A.XXXVIII.5

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