The Virgin and Child

c.1876-1886

Albumen print | 54.0 x 42.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850847

A photograph of a cartoon by Raphael (c.1509-11) now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1894,0721.1), executed for the so-called 'Mackintosh Madonna', a painting now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no.NG 2069). In Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876), the cartoon was described as being then in the possession of Col. Sterling (of Glentyan), who presented this photograph to the Royal Library in 1886. Not listed in Ruland (1876). Showing the half-length seated figure of the Virgin supporting the Christ Child with both hands, who stands on a parapet while putting His arm around His mother’s neck and looking to the right.

Creator(s)

John and Charles Watkins (active 1860s) (photographer)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

John Watkins : 34 Parliament St, London (active 1871) (publisher)
54.0 x 42.8 cm (sheet of paper)

25.0 x 19.4 cm (image)
Presented to the Royal Library by Col. Sterling in 1886; added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  
  Religions and faiths
  
  Christianity
  
  Devotional Images of Christ
  
  Virgin & Child
  
  Life of Christ
  
  Infancy of Christ
  
  Christ Child
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  
  Art
  
  Drawings
  
  Cartoons
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 22-23, no. 26 (Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London)

p. 202, no. 277 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

pp. 77-81, no. 49 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )

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The Virgin and Child

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