New Testament subjects
New Testament subjects
The Virgin Mary
c.1860-1876Carbon print | RCIN 850382
A photograph of a drawing by Giovanni di Pietro (known as Lo Spagna) depicting the Virgin Mary now in the Louvre, Paris (inv. no. 4371). Ruland (1876) relates this drawing to a painting by Lo Spagna depicting the Nativity now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome (inv. no. 40316). This painting is also known as the 'Madonna della Spineta'. See RCIN 850380 for a photograph of the painting.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
