Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
GIUSEPPE LONGHI (1766-1831)
The Virgin and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist [‘Madonna del Velo’]
c.1800-1830Etching and engraving | 52.9 x 40.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850785
An engraving after a painting catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of Sig. Brocca, Milan. With the blind stamp of Giuseppe Longhi in lower right corner (not in Lugt).
The painting is one of a number reproducing a composition traditionally known as the Madonna del Velo, the original version of which (currently untraced) is thought to have been painted by Raphael’s workshop after a design by the master dating c.1510-12 (see Bibliographic References).
Showing the Christ Child sleeping on the left; the Virgin looks at Him while lifting the veil over His head with her right hand and supporting the Infant Baptist with her left, who points at the Child; in a landscape.
The painting is one of a number reproducing a composition traditionally known as the Madonna del Velo, the original version of which (currently untraced) is thought to have been painted by Raphael’s workshop after a design by the master dating c.1510-12 (see Bibliographic References).
Showing the Christ Child sleeping on the left; the Virgin looks at Him while lifting the veil over His head with her right hand and supporting the Infant Baptist with her left, who points at the Child; in a landscape.
Creator(s)
Giuseppe Longhi (1766-1831) (engraver)
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Paolo Toschi (1788-1854) (engraver)
Tommaso Raggio (active 19th century) (designer)
52.9 x 40.8 cm (sheet of paper)
38.2 x 30.2 cm (image)
47.4 x 35.7 cm (platemark)
- 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
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Headgear
- Veils
- Headgear
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 278-279, no. A17
Other number(s)
Ruland p.64 A.XVIII.1
