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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

    AFTER BERTO DI GIOVANNI (D. 1529)

    The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | 13.1 x 10.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850643

    A photograph of a pen and ink drawing attributed to Berto di Giovanni now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.74). The composition shows similarities with the painting of the ‘Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis’ by Raphael (c.1501-02; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, inv. no.145). See RCIN 850640 for a photograph of the Berlin painting. The photographed drawing has been formerly ascribed to Perugino.

    • Creator(s)

      After Berto di Giovanni (d. 1529) (artist)

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

    • 13.1 x 10.8 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
                • Virgin & Child with Saints
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