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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

    M. GOTTSCHICK (ACTIVE FIRST HALF 19C)

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

    c.1800-1855

    Engraving with etching | 52.7 x 39.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851071

    A print after the so-called ‘Sistine Madonna’, a painting by Raphael now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no.93). A photograph of the painting can be found at RCIN 851062.

    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)

      M. Gottschick (active first half 19C) (engraver)

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

    • 52.7 x 39.9 cm (sheet of paper)

      39.8 x 29.6 cm (image)

      48.5 x 35.1 cm (platemark)

    • DIE MADONNA DES HEIL: SIXTUS.

    • 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 )

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