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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

    FRANCESCO RAVANO (ACTIVE MID-19TH CENTURY)

    The Virgin and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist [‘Madonna del Velo’]

    1845

    Engraving | 26.4 x 23.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850791

    An engraving after a cartoon formerly attributed to Raphael, once housed in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.1774 E) but now lost. Lettered with the title and production details.

    The cartoon resembles a composition traditionally known as the Madonna del Velo, known in many copies, the original version of which is thought to have been painted by Raphael’s workshop after a design by the master dating c.1510-12 (currently untraced; 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.

    • Creator(s)

      Francesco Ravano (active mid-19th century) (engraver)

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

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

      A Tricca (active mid-19th century) (designer)

    • 26.4 x 23.4 cm (sheet of paper)

      17.8 x 16.3 cm (image)

      24.0 x 21.0 cm (platemark)

    • LA MADONNA DEL VELO

    • 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
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Industries, Crafts and Trades
          • Clothing
            • Headgear
              • Veils
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • 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

      Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti II 1987 : Disegni esposti, vol. 2, 1987 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) pp. 728-729, no. 1774E

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.64 A.XVIII.7

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