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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

Studies of the Virgin and Child

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 6.5 x 13.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851261

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael in the British Museum (inv.no.1997.0712.74). In his Raphael Collection catalogue (1876), Ruland listed the drawing as being then in the collection of William Russell, Esq.

The photograph shows two studies for a composition of the Virgin with the Child; the artist made numerous drawings for Virgin and Child compositions.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 6.5 x 13.9 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
          • Life of Christ
            • Infancy of Christ
              • Christ Child
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.595, no.145 (Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983)

    p.71, no.53 (Gere/Turner 1983 : J.A. Gere and Nicholas Turner, 1983. Drawings by Raphael from the Royal Library, the Ashmolean, the British Museum, Chatsworth and other English collections, London)