Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist under an Oak Tree [‘The Madonna della Quercia’]
c.1575Engraving | RCIN 850993
A reversed engraving after 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). Lettered at lower left with the engraver's name: DIANA.
Showing the full length Virgin seating under an oak tree, holding the Christ Child on her right knee, who reaches for the inscribed scroll held by the Young John the Baptist who stands at right, with St Joseph resting on a sculpted fragment at left and looking on; in a landscape.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)