Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Study for a Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist
c.1860-76Carbon print | 26.3 x 17.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850824
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.539E). The drawing is a preparatory study for Raphael's so-called 'Esterházy Madonna’ (1508) now in the Szepmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest (inv. no.71; see RCIN 850819 for a photograph of it).
Showing the kneeling Virgin supporting the Christ Child with both hands, who sits on a rock and points at the Infant Baptist, who kneels down on the left; in a landscape.
Showing the kneeling Virgin supporting the Christ Child with both hands, who sits on a rock and points at the Infant Baptist, who kneels down on the left; in a landscape.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
26.3 x 17.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 174, no. 169 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
p. 242, no. 539E (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi))
pp. 254-257, no. 34 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )
