Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Anonymous, 16th century
Holy Family with the Basin ['Madonna del Catino'] c.1530-1600
Etching | 28.2 x 27.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851172
![Holy Family with the Basin ['Madonna del Catino']](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/3/c/743726-1521458412.jpg?itok=rf4gOabe "Holy Family with the Basin ['Madonna del Catino']")
A print reproducing a composition often attributed to Raphael and related to the so-called Madonna mit dem Becken (Madonna del Catino), a painting by Giulio Romano (c.1525) currently housed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no. 103). First state. The printmaker has been associated with the School of Fontainebleau.
For a print of the same subject by Giovanni Battista del Moro (although with some differences and in reverse), see RCIN 812273.
The print shows the full-length kneeling Virgin, bathing the Christ Child who turns towards the Infant Baptist who pours water over Him from a jug, with St Anne holding a cloth next to a fire at right; in an interior.
For a print of the same subject by Giovanni Battista del Moro (although with some differences and in reverse), see RCIN 812273.
The print shows the full-length kneeling Virgin, bathing the Christ Child who turns towards the Infant Baptist who pours water over Him from a jug, with St Anne holding a cloth next to a fire at right; in an interior.
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Creator(s)
Anonymous, 16th century (etcher)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
Style of French School, Fontainebleu, 16th century (etcher)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint AnneBlessed Virgin Mary -
28.2 x 27.1 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
- 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.87 B.XXXVI.4
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