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 )

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

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

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