Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Study for God the Father blessing
c.1853-76Albumen print | 11.2 x 10.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850670
Ruland (1876) described the drawing as a study for the figure of God the Father in the lunette of the so-called ‘Colonna Altarpiece’ now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no.1630ab; see RCIN 850667). See RCIN 850667 for a photograph of the painting.
The drawing is now generally considered as a preparatory study for the lunette of Raphael’s ‘Entombment’ (1507, Galleria di Villa Borghese, Rome, inv. no.170). See RCIN 850290 for a photograph of the lunette depicting God the Father that Ruland (1876) catalogued as a copy by Stefano Amadei after the tympanum of the 'Baglioni Altarpiece'. This painting is now in the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia (inv. no. 288) and it is dubitatively attributed to Domenico Alfani. It is matter of dispute whether the painting is a copy after a (now lost) work by Raphael or whether Raphael "left the execution of the painting to an assistant" (see Bibliographic References).
Showing a half length male figure leaning forward, gazing down to the left, with his right hand raised in benediction.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
11.2 x 10.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- God (Christianity)
- God the Father
- God (Christianity)
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 184, no. 530 (Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris)
p. 167, no. 141 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp. 233-246, no. 30 and 31E (for the Baglioni Altarpiece) (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )
pp. 172-185, no. 17 (for the Colonna Altarpiece) (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )
