Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Studies for a Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist
c.1853-76Albumen print | 17.2 x 23.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850711
Two jointed photographs reproducing the recto of a study sheet by Raphael (c.1505) now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.IV,207 r). The sheet is connected with Raphael's so-called ‘Madonna of the Meadow’ (1505-1506), a painting now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no.GG175), in preparation of which it is thought to have been executed. See RCIN 850706 for a print reproducing the painting.
Showing numerous compositional sketches for a group of the Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist.
Showing numerous compositional sketches for a group of the Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
17.2 x 23.1 cm (sheet of paper)
15.9 x 23.1 cm (sheet of paper)Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 159, no. 110r (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp. 214-219, no. 26 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )