P DREVET : RUE ST IACQUES A L'ANNONCIATION, PARIS

Holy Family with St Anne and the Infant Baptist, and two angels [‘The Holy Family of Francis I’]

c.1703-1728

Engraving | 34.6 x 24.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851048

A print reproducing the composition of 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 painting can be found at RCIN 851028.

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.

Creator(s)

P Drevet : Rue St Iacques a l'annonciation, Paris (publisher)

After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
34.6 x 24.0 cm (sheet of paper)

31.6 x 21.7 cm (image)
La S.te Famille de Jesus-Christ.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Christianity
  Devotional Images of Christ
  Virgin & Child
  Virgin & Child with Saints
  Virgin & Child with Saints-Holy Family
  Life of Christ
  Infancy of Christ
  Christ Child
  Angels, demons, devils, saints
  Angels
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  Botany
  Systematic botany
  Flowering plants
Bibliographic reference(s)

pp. 170-177, no. 62 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )

Holy Family with St Anne and the Infant Baptist, and two angels [‘The Holy Family of Francis I’]

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