Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Studies for the Virgin and Child c.1853-76
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.
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Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
22.3 x 31.6 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
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.92 C.XXI.1
Bibliographic reference(s)
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
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