Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
The Virgin and Child
c.1860-76Carbon print, on coloured paper | 20.7 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851204
Other copies of the same composition with the addition of the Infant Baptist are in the British Museum, London (inv. nos.Ff.I-38 and 1895-9-15-626). Another very similar drawing - catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the 'Academy at Milan' - is currently untraced (see RCIN 851206).
The photograph shows the full-length Virgin, seated almost in profile to left, holding the naked Christ Child on her lap.
Creator(s)
After a work copying Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary20.7 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); vol.1; pp.45-6, under no.58
Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) pp.224-5, no.498E
Other number(s)
Ruland p.91 C.XIV.1
