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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

AFTER A WORK PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

The Virgin and Child

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 22.3 x 16.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851178

A photograph of a painting formerly attributed to Raphael, catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being in Casa Bartolini (Rome) in 1873.

The photograph shows the standing Christ Child cheek-to-cheeck with the Virgin, placing His left arm around His mother's neck who holds up His cloth while looking at the beholder.
  • Creator(s)

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

  • 22.3 x 16.9 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for 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