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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

PIERRE GUILLAUME METZMACHER (B. 1815)

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist and a haloed Child [‘The Terranuova Madonna’]

1868

Engraving with etching | 81.8 x 61.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850662

An engraving after the Terranuova Madonna by Raphael (c.1504-05; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, inv. no.247A). Lettered with the title and production details. See RCIN 850660 for a photograph of the painting.

Showing the Virgin seated in front of a parapet and the naked Christ Child lying across her lap with an inscribed scroll also held by the Infant Baptist who is standing on the left; on the right is a yet unidentified haloed standing infant.
  • Creator(s)

    Pierre Guillaume Metzmacher (b. 1815) (engraver)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    Chardon Ainé : Paris (printer)

    Dusacq et Cie: 14 Boult. Poissonniere, Paris (publisher)

    Christmann, S. P. : 35 Mohren Strasse, Berlin (publisher)

  • 81.8 x 61.4 cm (sheet of paper)

    33.6 cm (diameter) (image)

    53.3 x 42.3 cm (platemark)

  • LA MADONNA DI CASA DI TERRA NUOVA

  • 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
              • Virgin & Child with Saints
    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.188-191, no. 19

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.55 A.V.3