Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
PIETRO UGO DURAND
The Virgin with the two Holy Children playing with a Butterfly
c.1750-1875Stipple with etching | 56.5 x 39.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851134
A print after a painting which, as lettered below the image, was formerly reputed to be by Raphael. Lettered with production details and title. Another print of this composition can be found at RCIN 851133.
Showing the Virgin seating on a throne supporting the Christ Child who is reaching for a butterfly resting on His mother's mantle, with the Infant Baptist leaning over from the left; before a balustrade with view of landscape.
Showing the Virgin seating on a throne supporting the Christ Child who is reaching for a butterfly resting on His mother's mantle, with the Infant Baptist leaning over from the left; before a balustrade with view of landscape.
Creator(s)
Pietro Ugo Durand (etcher)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Antonio Zecchini (director)
Durand : C.da di S. Eufemia 4279, Milan (publisher)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary56.5 x 39.5 cm (sheet of paper)
35.4 x 27.9 cm (image)
42.6 x 30.3 cm (platemark)
MADONNA DELLA TENDA
- 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
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Insects
- Butterflies & Moths
- Insects
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Other number(s)
Ruland p.85 B.XII.2
