Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Family with the Infant Baptist
dated 1847Engraving with etching | 63.4 x 50.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851108
The composition is based on the so-called ‘Madonna della Rosa’, a picture now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (inv. no.302) generally attributed to Raphael and his workshop (c.1517-18). A photograph of the ‘Madonna della Rosa’ can be found at RCIN 851103.
Showing the seated Virgin supporting the Christ Child with both hands, who stands on one foot on a cushion, with the Infant Baptist standing on the left and presenting the Child with an inscribed scroll and St Joseph coming out of a building holding a torch and the bridle of a donkey in the left background; in a landscape.
Creator(s)
François Forster (1790-1872) (engraver)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (draughtsman)
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Bougeard : (printer)
A. Hauser: Boulevard des Italiens, Paris (publisher)
Gambart, E.Junin & Co.: London (publisher)
63.4 x 50.3 cm (sheet of paper)
37.3 x 28.6 cm (image)
56.4 x 43.3 cm (platemark)
LA VIERGE À LA LÉGENDE.
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
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 178-182, no. 63 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )