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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

GEORG FRIEDRICH KARL DEUCKER (1801-63)

The Virgin and Child

c.1811-1853

Engraving with etching | 26.3 x 23.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851158

A print reproducing a detail from a circular painting which Ruland (1876) attributed to the school of Leonardo da Vinci. The painting has also been ascribed to Raphael. Lettered with title and production details.

Showing the half-length seated Virgin, holding the blessing Christ Child on her left need while further securing him by means of a ribbon; in a landscape with a lake beyond.
  • Creator(s)

    Georg Friedrich Karl Deucker (1801-63) (engraver)

    After a work previously attributed to the studio of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) (artist)

    Frankfurt : FC Bottinelli (publisher)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 26.3 x 23.0 cm (sheet of paper)

    14.8 x 12.7 cm (image)

    19.5 x 16.1 cm (platemark)

  • LA S.TE VIERGE ET L'ENFANT IESUS.

  • 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
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.86 B.XXIX.2