Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Albumen print | 22.3 x 31.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851216
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) currently in the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris (inv. no.310). Ruland (1876) catalogued the drawing as being then in the collection of M. His de la Salle, Paris.
The photograph shows several sketches of a Virgin and Child composition. This drawing is on the verso of depictions of the Virgin's drapery and a male head: see RCIN 854447 for a photograph of the recto.
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
22.3 x 31.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Ruland p.92 C.XXI.1
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.176, no.179v
Jacoby/Sonnabend 2012: edited by J. Jacoby and M. Sonnabend, Frankfurt/Main 2012 pp.111-13, no.10