Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
A study for the Christ Child c.1860-76
Carbon print | 25.7 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851039
A photograph of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar. The drawing is an old copy of a study ascribed to Raphael now in the Uffizi (inv. no.534E; a photograph of which is at RCIN 851038) preparatory for the figure of the Christ Child in the so-called Holy Family of Francis I, a painting attributed to Raphael and his workshop (1518) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.604). A photograph of the Holy Family of Francis I can be found at RCIN 851028.
Showing a full-length naked child, turned to the right, with outstretched arms, being held under his armpits by a figure on the right not fully worked out.
Showing a full-length naked child, turned to the right, with outstretched arms, being held under his armpits by a figure on the right not fully worked out.
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Creator(s)
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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25.7 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.79 A.XXXVIII.10
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 170-177, no. 62
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