Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
The Virgin and Child with Angels and Saints [‘The Madonna di Foligno’]
c.1853-76Albumen print | 56.2 x 37.0 cm (arch-topped format) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850929
A photograph of the so-called Madonna di Foligno, an arch-topped painting by Raphael (c.1512) now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City (inv. no.329).
Showing the Virgin sitting on clouds and supporting the Christ Child, surrounded by angels, while being worshipped by St John the Baptist and St Francis (lower left), and St Jerome and the donor Sigismondo dei Conti (lower right), who kneels down with clasped hands; an angel holding a blank tablet stands at lower centre; in a landscape.
Showing the Virgin sitting on clouds and supporting the Christ Child, surrounded by angels, while being worshipped by St John the Baptist and St Francis (lower left), and St Jerome and the donor Sigismondo dei Conti (lower right), who kneels down with clasped hands; an angel holding a blank tablet stands at lower centre; in a landscape.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint John the BaptistSt Francis of Assisi (c. 1181-1226)Saint Jerome (c. 347-420)Sigismondo dei Conti (1432-1512)Blessed Virgin Mary56.2 x 37.0 cm (arch-topped format) (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for 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
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Earth sciences
- Meteorology
- Clouds
- Rainbows
- Meteorology
- Earth sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 98-106, no. 52
Other number(s)
Ruland p.72 A.XXXI.1
