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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist

c.1860-76

Carbon print | 35.5 x 36.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850986

A photograph of a painting catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The painting is an old copy of Raphael's so-called Madonna della Seggiola (c.1514), a circular painting now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.151).

Showing the Virgin seated in a chair, holding the Christ Child on her knees and embracing Him with both arms while looking at the beholder, with the Infant Baptist standing behind at right and looking up with clasped hands.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work copying Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 35.5 x 36.2 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
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Home economics
        • Furniture & accessories
          • Seating. Chairs
            • Chairs
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.75 A.XXXIV.13