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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

    AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF PIETRO PERUGINO (CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE C. 1450-FONTIGNANO 1523)

    The Virgin and Child with Cherub Heads

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | 15.6 x 11.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851190

    A photograph of a drawing currently attributed to the school of Perugino now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.503E r).

    The photograph shows the half-length Virgin, supporting the naked Christ Child with both hands, who stands on a parapet with His right hand raised in blessing; with two cherub heads on either side; within a niche.

    • Creator(s)

      After a work attributed to the workshop of Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c. 1450-Fontignano 1523) (artist)

      After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Blessed Virgin Mary

    • 15.6 x 11.0 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Christianity
            • Devotional Images of Christ
              • Virgin & Child
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Biological sciences
          • Zoology
            • Animals
              • Mythical creatures
                • Cherubs
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Ferino Pagden 1982 : Disegni Umbri del Rinascimento da Perugino a Raffaello, 1982 / catalogo della mostra a cura di Sylvia Ferino Pagden, Città di Castello pp.64-5, no.38r, fig.44

      Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) p.226, no.503E

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.89 C.VI.1

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