Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist under an Oak Tree

c.1770-1800

Aquating with etching, printed in brown | 37.0 x 27.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851000

A reversed aquatint-etching after a painting catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the possession of Dr Richard Mead. Lettered with title and production details. The painting is a copy of the so-called ‘Madonna della Quercia’, a painting attributed to Raphael and his workshop (c.1518-19) now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (inv. no.303) generally reputed to be after a design by the master.

Showing the full length Virgin seating under an oak tree, holding the Christ Child on her right knee, who reaches for the scroll held by the young St John the Baptist who stands at right, with St Joseph resting on a sculpted fragment at left and looking on; in a landscape.

Creator(s)

Archibald Macduff (c. 1750-?) (etcher)

Archibald Macduff (c. 1750-?) (aquatinter)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

After? Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)

After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
37.0 x 27.5 cm (sheet of paper)

33.4 x 25.5 cm (image)

35.3 x 25.5 cm (platemark)
Sacra Christi Familia
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
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  Botany
  Systematic botany
  Trees
  Oaks
- Science, Medicine and Technology
  Home economics
  Furniture & accessories
  Beds
  Cradles
Bibliographic reference(s)

pp. 190-194, no. 65 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )

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Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist under an Oak Tree

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