Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
GIOVANNI FOSELLA (1814-AFTER 1869)
The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Saints [‘The Madonna del Baldacchino’]
c.1834-1863Engraving | 86.8 x 66.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850831
An engraving after the so-called Madonna del Baldacchino, a painting by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165). State before lettering. With the blind stamp of Queen Victoria in the upper left corner (similar to Lugt 2536).
For a lettered state, see RCIN 850830. Showing the Virgin and Child seated on a throne surmounted by a canopy, the drapes of which are held back by two flying angels; flanked by Saints Peter and Bruno on the left, and Saints Augustine and James on the right, with two angels in front of the throne; in an architectural setting.
For a lettered state, see RCIN 850830. Showing the Virgin and Child seated on a throne surmounted by a canopy, the drapes of which are held back by two flying angels; flanked by Saints Peter and Bruno on the left, and Saints Augustine and James on the right, with two angels in front of the throne; in an architectural setting.
Creator(s)
Giovanni Fosella (1814-after 1869) (engraver)
Raffaello Bonaiuti (active c. 1850) (designer)
Subject(s)
Saint PeterSaint BrunoSaint PaulSaint James86.8 x 66.0 cm (sheet of paper)
60.7 x 48.5 cm (image)
77.7 x 62.8 cm (platemark)
- 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
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Christian church architecture
- Baldacchinos
- Christian church architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 276-281, no. 40
Other number(s)
Ruland p.67 A.XXIII.3
