Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Holy Family with Saints and Angel [‘The Holy Family of Francis I’] c.1520-1600
Engraving | 42.0 x 28.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851031
![Holy Family with Saints and Angel [`The Holy Family of Francis I?]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/a/743585-1521458040.jpg?itok=2Y01H055 "Holy Family with Saints and Angel [`The Holy Family of Francis I?]")
An engraving after 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). State without any lettering. Another impression of this print can be found at RCIN 851030.
Showing the full-length seated Virgin supporting the Christ Child stepping out of His cradle; with St Joseph behind her on the right, and the crouched St Elizabeth supporting the Young John the Baptist who clasps his hands in adoration on the left; behind them an angel crowning the Virgin with flowers and a young woman with hands crossed on her chest; in an interior with view of landscape.
Showing the full-length seated Virgin supporting the Christ Child stepping out of His cradle; with St Joseph behind her on the right, and the crouched St Elizabeth supporting the Young John the Baptist who clasps his hands in adoration on the left; behind them an angel crowning the Virgin with flowers and a young woman with hands crossed on her chest; in an interior with view of landscape.
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Creator(s)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint JosephSaint ElizabethBlessed Virgin Mary -
42.0 x 28.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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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
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.78 A.XXXVIII.2a(add)
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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