Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Family with the Infant Baptist ['The Virgin with the Long Thigh']
c.1515-1525Engraving | 39.5 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851288
The composition was also engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi (see RCIN 851286). A related drawing (probably a copy after the engraving by Marco Dente, or after the original design by Raphael) is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3948).
The print shows the full-length Virgin, seated on the ground with her left leg stretched out, supporting the Christ Child who sits on His cradle and reaches for the scroll presented to Him by the Infant Baptist, who kneels down at left; behind him is St Joseph who looks on; a male figure is partially hidden among ruins at right; against architectural background.
Creator(s)
Marco Dente Da Ravenna (d. 1527) (engraver)
Antonio Salamanca (1500-62) (publisher)
After a work attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
86-
I0.xv. [crossed off] / 2 V.
12-
39.5 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper)
39.4 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Wild horses
- Donkeys
- Wild horses
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.358, under no.42 (Raphael dans les collections françaises 1983 : Hommage a Raphael. Raphael dans les collections françaises: (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 novembre 1983-13 fevrier 1984), Paris)
p.207, no.XXXVIII.2 (entry by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
p.146, no.86 (Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999)