Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
JOHN BOWLES (ACTIVE 18C)
The Virgin and Child
c.1682-1725Mezzotint | 30.8 x 23.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851135
A print after a circular fresco currently part of the Royal Collection, attributed on plate to Raphael, but now generally ascribed to Annibale Carracci (RCIN 408640); reproduced in reverse. According to the lettering on the print, the painting was then in Kensington Palace in London, where it continues to be housed today. A photograph of a watercolour by Mary Severn reproducing the circular fresco can also be found at RCIN 851134. Lettered with production details.
Showing the half-length Virgin, with her shoulders turned three-quarter to the left, holding the Christ Child cheek-to-cheek while looking at the beholder.
Showing the half-length Virgin, with her shoulders turned three-quarter to the left, holding the Christ Child cheek-to-cheek while looking at the beholder.
Creator(s)
John Bowles (active 18C) (mezzotinter)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Edward Cooper (d. 1725) (publisher)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary30.8 x 23.4 cm (sheet of paper)
24.9 x 22.3 cm (image, oval)
30.0 x 22.7 cm (platemark)
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Tauriscus 1819 : Tauriscus, E, 1819. Catalogues des estampes gravees d'apres Rafael, Frankurt p.182, no.63
JS : Shearman, J., 1972. The Early Italian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Cambridge pp.73-4, no.68
Other number(s)
Ruland p.85 B.XIII.1
