Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534)
Holy Family c.1515
Engraving | 16.7 x 12.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851242
An engraving after a lost design by Raphael dating from c.1507-08. Signed on plate with empty tablet at lower left.
The print shows the three-quater length seated Virgin suckling the Christ Child whom she holds on her lap, with St Joseph looking on at right; in an interior with a curtain draped behind them.
The print shows the three-quater length seated Virgin suckling the Christ Child whom she holds on her lap, with St Joseph looking on at right; in an interior with a curtain draped behind them.
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Creator(s)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
16.7 x 12.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Virgin & Child with Saints
- Virgin & Child with Saints-Holy Family
- Virgin & Child with Saints
- Virgin & Child
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.94 C.XXXIV.1
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.190, no.XV.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)
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