Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
FREDERICK CHRISTIAN LEWIS (1779-1856)
Study for the head of the Virgin
published 1 May 1818Etching with plate-tone | 37.7 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851299
A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1502-03) now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895,0915.611). Lettered with production details and title. The drawing is a study for the figure of the Virgin. A photograph of the drawing at RCIN 851298.
The print shows the head and shoulders of a veiled female figure, her head tilted down to the left and her eyes cast down.
Creator(s)
Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) (etcher)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
William Young Ottley (1771-1836) (publisher)
37.7 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper)
27.9 x 19.1 cm (image)
32.8 x 21.0 cm (platemark)
The Madonna.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.142, no.35r (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
p.37, no.18 (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)
