Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
Studies of the Virgin and Child c.1860-76
Carbon print | 24.3 x 17.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850904
A photograph of a study sheet by Raphael (c.1507) now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.Ff. 1-36). The drawing is considered as a preparatory study for the so-called Bridgewater Madonna (c.1507), a painting currently on loan to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (inv. no.NGL 065.46) from the Duke of Sutherland Collection.
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Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
24.3 x 17.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- 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.71 A.XXIX.10
Bibliographic reference(s)
Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London pp. 15-17, no.19
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 177, no. 180
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