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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

    ROBERT THEER (1808-63)

    The Virgin and Child ['The Madonna del Granduca']

    1853

    Lithograph | 45.8 x 38.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850658

    A lithograph after the ‘Madonna del Granduca’ by Raphael (c.1505; Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, inv. no.1912, no.178), with variations. Lettered with production details. See RCIN 850653 for a photograph of the painting.

    Showing the half length standing figure of the Virgin gazing downwards and holding the Christ Child, set before a parapet, in a hilly landscape.

    • Creator(s)

      Robert Theer (1808-63) (lithographer)

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

    • 45.8 x 38.0 cm (sheet of paper)

      30.8 x 23.8 cm (image)

    • 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
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