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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

    ADAM VON BARTSCH (1757-1821)

    The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist

    c.1777-1811

    Etching | 35.0 x 25.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850807

    A facsimile etching of a drawing attributed on plate to Raphael, catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of Mynheer de Vos at Amsterdam. Lettered with production details.

    • Creator(s)

      Adam von Bartsch (1757-1821) (etcher)

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

    • 35.0 x 25.6 cm (sheet of paper)

      29.3 x 20.6 cm (image)

    • 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
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 157-263, no. 35

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.65 A.XIX.12

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