Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Studies for a Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist c.1853-76
Albumen print | 25.6 x 19.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850715
A photograph of a study sheet by Raphael (c.1505) now in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.723A).
Ruland (1876) connected the photographed sheet 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 now commonly thought to have been executed. See RCIN 850706 for a print reproducing the painting.
This drawing features a study after Michelangelo's Tondo Doni on the verso: see RCIN 850901 for a photograph of the verso.
Ruland (1876) connected the photographed sheet 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 now commonly thought to have been executed. See RCIN 850706 for a print reproducing the painting.
This drawing features a study after Michelangelo's Tondo Doni on the verso: see RCIN 850901 for a photograph of the verso.
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Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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25.6 x 19.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.59 A.X.10
Bibliographic reference(s)
Jacoby/Sonnabend 2012: edited by J. Jacoby and M. Sonnabend, Frankfurt/Main 2012 pp.94-6, no.5
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 159, no. 111r
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 214-219, no. 26
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