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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

    AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

    The Virgin kneeling before the cradle

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | 11.3 x 9.5 cm (mount) | RCIN 851208

    A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1512-13) currently housed in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.500E).

    The photograph shows the full-length Virgin, almost in profile to left, kneeling before the cradle of Christ; a separate study of the draped legs of the Virgin at right.

    • Creator(s)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Blessed Virgin Mary

    • 11.3 x 9.5 cm (mount)

      8.4 x 7.4 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Home economics
          • Furniture & accessories
            • Beds
              • Cradles
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.213, no.322

      Ferino Pagden 1984 : Ferino Pagden, S. , 1984, in Raffaello a Firenze. Dipinti e disegni delle collezioni fiorentine, Milan p.364, no.48

      Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) p.255, no.500E

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.91 C.XVI.1

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