Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER A WORK BY THE WORKSHOP OF RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family']
c.1860-76Carbon print | 34.8 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851054
A photograph of the so-called ‘Small Holy Family’, a painting now in the Musée du Louvre (inv. no.605) generally attributed to the workshop of Raphael (probably Giulio Romano) after a design by the master (c.1518-19).
Showing the full-length Virgin supporting the Christ Child who stands on His cradle and reaches for the Infant Baptist, who is kneeling on St Elizabeth’s thighs and leans over towards the Child; in a landscape.
Showing the full-length Virgin supporting the Christ Child who stands on His cradle and reaches for the Infant Baptist, who is kneeling on St Elizabeth’s thighs and leans over towards the Child; in a landscape.
Creator(s)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
34.8 x 26.1 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
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Beds
- Cradles
- Beds
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 258-262, no. A11 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )
