Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist
c.1853-76Albumen print | 32.6 x 23.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850799
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv.no.RF 1066). Ruland (1876) catalogued the drawing as being then in the possession of M. Timbal. The drawing is a preparatory study for Raphael's so-called ‘La Belle Jardinière’ (1508) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.602; see RCIN 850797 for a photograph of it).
Showing the seated Virgin looking at the Infant Baptist who holds a lamb and kneels down before the Christ Child, who is being supported by His mother.
Showing the seated Virgin looking at the Infant Baptist who holds a lamb and kneels down before the Christ Child, who is being supported by His mother.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
32.6 x 23.2 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.104-06, no.8 (Jacoby/Sonnabend 2012: edited by J. Jacoby and M. Sonnabend, Frankfurt/Main 2012)
p. 162, no. 120 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp. 157-263, no. 35 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )