Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Virgin reading with the Child
after 1860Carbon print, on coloured paper | 17.3 x 12.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851283
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1512) currently in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.728). Not included in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). The drawing was reproduced in an engraving by Marco Dente da Ravenna, an impression of which can be found at RCIN 851281.
The photograph shows the full-length Virgin, seated on a chair, in profile to the right, holding a book and supporting the Young Christ who stands by her side and looks at the beholder; in an interior.
The photograph shows the full-length Virgin, seated on a chair, in profile to the right, holding a book and supporting the Young Christ who stands by her side and looks at the beholder; in an interior.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
102 Chats / Pf13.XLVII 2a
17.3 x 12.9 cm (sheet of paper)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Virgin & Child-Reading a book
- Virgin & Child
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.213, no.320 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
