Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
FRANÇOIS DE POILLY (1623-93)
The Virgin Mary with Clasped Hands [detail from ‘The Madonna del Divino Amore’]
c.1643-1683Engraving | 47.7 x 37.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850924
An engraving reproducing (in reverse) the upper portion of the figure of the Virgin Mary from the so-called ‘Madonna del Divino Amore’ (c.1516), a painting currently attributed to Raphael’s workshop now in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (inv. no.146). Lettered with title and production details.
Creator(s)
François de Poilly (1623-93) (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
47.7 x 37.1 cm (sheet of paper)
41.3 x 35.9 cm (image)
46.5 x 36.0 cm (platemark)
VIRGINI MATRI
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 247-251, no. A8 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )
