Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘Madonna del Cardellino’]
c.1853-76Albumen print | 11.8 x 8.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850698
A photograph of the so-called Madonna del Cardellino, a painting by Raphael (c.1506) now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv.1890, no.1447).
Showing the Virgin seated on a rock, holding an open book in her left hand and looking at the Infant Baptist who is holding out a goldfinch to the Christ Child standing between’s Mary’s legs.
Showing the Virgin seated on a rock, holding an open book in her left hand and looking at the Infant Baptist who is holding out a goldfinch to the Christ Child standing between’s Mary’s legs.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
11.8 x 8.7 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
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Birds
- Passeres
- Finches
- Goldfinches
- Finches
- Passeres
- Birds
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 219-222, no. 27
Other number(s)
Ruland p.58 A.IX.3
