Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After a work attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
A study for the Virgin and Child c.1860-76
Carbon print | 16.7 x 11.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851037
A photograph of a life study attributed to Raphael (c.1518) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3862). The drawing is a preparatory study for the figures of the Virgin and Child in the so-called Holy Family of Francis I, a painting attributed to Raphael and his workshop (1518) currently 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 seated female figure, turned to the left, reaching for a child coming from the left, sketched with only a few lines.
Showing a full-length seated female figure, turned to the left, reaching for a child coming from the left, sketched with only a few lines.
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Creator(s)
After a work attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
16.7 x 11.5 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.78 A.XXXVIII.8
Bibliographic reference(s)
Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) pp.504-506, no. 875
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 233, no0. 393
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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