The Marriage of the Virgin ['The Sposalizio']

c.1860-76

Carbon print | 59.0 x 39.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851388

A photograph of the so-called 'Sposalizio', a painting by Raphael (1504) now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan (inv. no.472).

Creator(s)

Sacchi (active 19C) (photographer)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
59.0 x 39.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Christianity
  Life of the Virgin Mary
  Marriage of the Virgin Mary
- Social sciences
  Ethnology
  Social customs
  Marriage
  Wedding rings
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  Architecture
  Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
  Non-Christian religious architecture
  Temples
Bibliographic reference(s)

pp.140-41, no.9 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )