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Saints

Saints

JEAN LANGLOIS (1649-1712)

St Luke painting the Virgin

c.1669-1702

Engraving | 33.7 x 24.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851554

A print after a painting attributed on plate to Raphael currently housed in the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome (inv. no.283). The authorship of the painting is still a matter of dispute. Trimmed along all sides. Another impression of the plate at RCIN 851553.

Another two prints after this painting are at RCINs 851555 and 850072.
  • Creator(s)

    Jean Langlois (1649-1712) (engraver)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Saint Luke
  • 33.7 x 24.2 cm (sheet of paper)

  • 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
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Art
        • Paintings
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.217, no.III.2

    Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 p.283, no.X23/II.4

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.117 B.XIV.1a(add)