Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
FERDINAND RUSCHEWEYH (1785-1846)
Study of the figure of St Joseph
dated 1806Etching | 26.1 x 13.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850922
A print after a drawing attributed to G.F. Penni now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.235). The drawing connects with the figure of St Joseph in the so-called ‘Madonna del Divino Amore’ (c.1516), a painting currently attributed to Raphael’s workshop and now in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (inv. no.146, see RCIN 850910). Showing a full-length standing male figure, in profile to the right, wrapped in a cloak. Ruland believed the drawing to be by Raphael.
Creator(s)
Ferdinand Ruscheweyh (1785-1846) (etcher)
After a work attributed to Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
26.1 x 13.6 cm (sheet of paper)
25.3 x 12.8 cm (platemark)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.144, no.84 (Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999)
under no.46; fig.89 (Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides)
pp. 247-251, no. A8 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )
