Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist under an Oak Tree [‘The Madonna della Quercia’]

c.1679-1731

Engraving | 50.7 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850997

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) generally reputed to be after a design by the master. Second state.

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 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)

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1659-1741) (engraver)

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)
50.7 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper)

47.4 x 33.9 cm (image)
Ecce Maria gènuit nobis Salvatorem, quem Joannes videns exclamavit, dicens: / Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccata mundi
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 [‘The Madonna della Quercia’]

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