The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna']

c.1802-1806

Engraving with etching | 86.9 x 65.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851061

A print after the so-called ‘Sistine Madonna’, a painting by Raphael (c.1512-13) now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no.93). Lettered state, with dedicatee's coat of arms.

Showing the full-length Virgin standing on clouds and holding the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by St Pope Sixtus on the left and St Barbara on the right, with two upward-looking winged cherubs at lower centre; the composition is framed by open curtains.

Creator(s)

Friedrich Müller (1782-1816) (engraver)

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

Appolonie Seydelmann (1767/8-1840) (designer)

Dresden : Rittner (publisher)

Ramboz : [Paris?] (printer)

Frederick August I, King of Saxony (1750-1827) (dedicatee)

Friedrich Müller (1782-1816) (dedicator)
86.9 x 65.8 cm (sheet of paper)

64.8 x 49.6 cm (image)

75.9 x 55.0 cm (platemark)
LA MADONNA DI S. SISTO DI RAFAELLO.
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
  Saints (Christianity)
  Life of Christ
  Infancy of Christ
  Christ Child
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  Zoology
  Animals
  Mythical creatures
  Cherubs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
  Home economics
  Furniture & accessories
  Curtains
  Industries, Crafts and Trades
  Jewellery
  Tiaras
Bibliographic reference(s)

pp. 107-116, no. 53 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna']

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