FRATELLI ALINARI [FLORENCE]

The Marriage of the Virgin ['The Sposalizio']

after 1860

Carbon print | 69.0 x 52.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851391

A photograph of the so-called Sposalizio, a painting by Raphael (1504) now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan (inv. no.472). With the blind stamp of the photographer on the mount at lower centre. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection Catalogue (1876). Other photographs of the painting at RCINs 851388, 851390.

Creator(s)

Fratelli Alinari [Florence] (photographer)

After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

Subject(s)

Saint Joseph

Blessed Virgin Mary
annotation: Galeria-della-Brera-Milano Raffaele-Sanzio. Lo Sposalizio. [front, lower margin, in black ink]

annotation: Pf 14. A.II 6a [back, lower centre, in pencil]

annotation: 19046 [back, lower right, in pencil]
69.0 x 52.3 cm (sheet of paper)

56.6 x 38.8 cm (image)
Lo Sposalizio.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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
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Bibliographic reference(s)

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

Other number(s)

Ruland p.105 A.II.6a(add)

The Marriage of the Virgin ['The Sposalizio']

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