Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Family with St Elizabeth and St John the Baptist [‘The Madonna del Divino Amore’]
published 25 March 1844Etching and engraving | RCIN 850911
A print after a painting traditionally known as the ‘Madonna del Divino Amore’ (c.1516), currently attributed to Raphael’s workshop and housed in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (inv. no.146). Lettered with ancient attribution of the painting to Raphael, title and production details. With the publisher’s blind stamp at lower left (not in Lugt). Not in Ruland (1876).
Showing the seated Virgin holding the blessing Christ Child on her legs, with St Elizabeth at her side and the Young St John the Baptist kneeling down on the left; St Joseph stands in the background to the left.
Showing the seated Virgin holding the blessing Christ Child on her legs, with St Elizabeth at her side and the Young St John the Baptist kneeling down on the left; St Joseph stands in the background to the left.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)