Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
PETER LIGHTFOOT (1805-85)
The Virgin and Child [‘The Colonna Madonna’]
1849Etching and engraving | 40.0 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850814
An engraving after the so-called Colonna Madonna, a painting by Raphael (1507-08) now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. no.248). Lettered with production details and the Printsellers' Association blind stamp in lower left margin.
Showing the Virgin holding a book in her left hand and supporting the Christ Child with her right arm, who sits on her lap and grasps her bodice while looking at the viewer; in a landscape.
According to Queen Victoria, the Colonna Madonna was Prince Albert's favourite painting by Raphael. He gave a porcelain copy of it to his wife as a present for Christmas 1858 (RCIN 404017); the back of plaque bears the inscription: “The Prince consort’s favorite picture 1861.”
Showing the Virgin holding a book in her left hand and supporting the Christ Child with her right arm, who sits on her lap and grasps her bodice while looking at the viewer; in a landscape.
According to Queen Victoria, the Colonna Madonna was Prince Albert's favourite painting by Raphael. He gave a porcelain copy of it to his wife as a present for Christmas 1858 (RCIN 404017); the back of plaque bears the inscription: “The Prince consort’s favorite picture 1861.”
Creator(s)
Peter Lightfoot (1805-85) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary40.0 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper)
24.4 x 19.0 cm (image)
36.3 x 27.8 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
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
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. 264-266, no. 36
Other number(s)
Ruland p.66 A.XXI.1
