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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

Studies for the Christ Child and His left Foot

c.1800-1876

Lithograph | 30.1 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850802

A lithographic facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA 1855.91). The drawing is a preparatory study for the figure of the Christ Child in the so-called La Belle Jardinière (1508) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.602; see RCIN 850796 for a photograph of it). A photograph of the drawing can be found at RCIN 850802.

Showing the standing Child, looking up to the right; on the right hand side of the sheet are four studies for His left foot.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

  • 30.1 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of Christ
            • Infancy of Christ
              • Christ Child
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Medical sciences
        • Anatomy
          • Feet (anatomical)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford no. 122r

    Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 157-263, no. 35

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.65 A.XIX.7