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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.1860-76

    Carbon print | 18.3 x 12.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851253

    A photograph of a drawing listed by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Uffizi, Florence. A similar drawing was also catalogued as in the Uffizi. See RCIN 851252.

    The photograph shows the three-quarter seated Virgin supporting the Christ Child with both hands, who stands on her left knee.

    • Creator(s)

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

    • 18.3 x 12.0 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
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