Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
ELIAS MARTIN (1739-1818)
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist
dated 1796Stipple | 17.7 x 14.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851101
A print after a painting by M. de Boijs (Mattheus Boys), based on a composition traditionally ascribed to Raphael, for a very similar drawing of this subject attributed to the master survives in the Louvre (inv. no.3949). Lettered with production details.
Showing the full-length seated Virgin holding the Christ Child on her lap with both arms, with the crouched St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist presenting the Child with a bird on the right; in an interior with a window on the right.
Showing the full-length seated Virgin holding the Christ Child on her lap with both arms, with the crouched St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist presenting the Child with a bird on the right; in an interior with a window on the right.
Creator(s)
Elias Martin (1739-1818) (engraver)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint ElizabethBlessed Virgin Mary17.7 x 14.2 cm (sheet of paper)
15.0 x 12.5 cm (image)
16.5 x 13.5 cm (platemark)
MARIA och ELISABET.
- 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
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Birds
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Other number(s)
Ruland p.82 A.XLV.6
