Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Figure studies
c.1853-76Albumen print | 12.4 x 19.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850835
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) formerly in the Musée Wicar, Lille, and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.473).
The drawing is a preparatory study for the figure of St Bruno in Raphael’s so-called ‘Madonna del Baldacchino’ (c.1507-08), a painting now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165; see RCIN 850829 for a photograph of it).
Showing the head of man slightly tilted to the left and the half-length figure of a man holding a book.
The drawing is a preparatory study for the figure of St Bruno in Raphael’s so-called ‘Madonna del Baldacchino’ (c.1507-08), a painting now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165; see RCIN 850829 for a photograph of it).
Showing the head of man slightly tilted to the left and the half-length figure of a man holding a book.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
12.4 x 19.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 185, no. 532 (Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris)
p. 176, no. 178 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp. 276-281, no. 40 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )
