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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.1853-76

Albumen print | 12.8 x 8.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851212

A photograph of a drawing currently in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (inv. KdZ 21526). The drawing is a copy of a study by Raphael (c.1505) drawn at the upper right of a sheet now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.IV,206r). A photograph of the Albertina sheet can be found at RCIN 851210.

The photograph shows the three-quarter length Virgin, holding the Christ Child with both hands, who looks down at the Infant Baptist who stands at left; set against a landscape background.
  • Creator(s)

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

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 12.8 x 8.8 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
          • Life of Christ
            • Infancy of Christ
              • Christ Child
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.92 C.XVIII.3