Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
ANONYMOUS, 16TH CENTURY
The Virgin and Child
c.1510-25Engraving | 23.1 x 15.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850935
This engraving is a copy in the same direction of a print by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 850934: probably after a lost drawing by Raphael related to the so-called Madonna di Foligno, a painting by the master (c.1512) now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City). Photographs of the Madonna di Foligno can be found at RCINs 850929, 850930.
Showing the Virgin sitting on clouds, with her hand resting on the right thigh of the Child, who looks down while grasping her mantle.
Showing the Virgin sitting on clouds, with her hand resting on the right thigh of the Child, who looks down while grasping her mantle.
Creator(s)
Anonymous, 16th century (engraver)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
After Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary23.1 x 15.8 cm (sheet of paper)
- 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
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Earth sciences
- Meteorology
- Clouds
- Meteorology
- Earth sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.194, no.XXIV.2 (entry by Stefania Massari)
Other number(s)
Ruland p.73 A.XXXI.6
