Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Luigi Bridi (active 1820s)
The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist published 1828
Etching | 21.3 x 14.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851087
A outline-etching after a painting then in the possession of Sig. Carlo Sanquirico, Milan. The painting is a copy of the so-called Madonna de Passeggio, a picture generally attributed to the workshop of Raphael possibly after a design by the master (c.1518-20), currently on loan to National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (inv. no. NGL 064.46) from the Duke of Sutherland Collection. Lettered with production details. Published in F. Longhena, Istoria della vita e delle opere di Raffaello Sanzio, 1829.
Showing the full-length Virgin holding the Christ Child with her left hand and putting her right on the head of the Infant John the Baptist, who approaches them on the left holding a cross staff, with St Joseph in the left middle-ground; in a landscape.
Showing the full-length Virgin holding the Christ Child with her left hand and putting her right on the head of the Infant John the Baptist, who approaches them on the left holding a cross staff, with St Joseph in the left middle-ground; in a landscape.
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Creator(s)
Luigi Bridi (active 1820s) (etcher)
After a work copying The Workshop of Raphael (artist)
Carlo Picozzi (active 1797-1883) (designer)
Francesco Sonzogno di Gio. Batta : Milan (publisher)
Subject(s)
Saint JosephBlessed Virgin Mary -
21.3 x 14.3 cm (sheet of paper)
18.9 x 13.5 cm (image)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Virgin & Child with Saints
- Virgin & Child with Saints-Holy Family
- Virgin & Child with Saints
- 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.82 A.XLIII.3
Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael. The Pursuit of Perfection 1994 : Raphael. The Pursuit of Perfection, National Galleries of Scotland, 1994 p.91, no.42 (entry by A. Weston-Lewis)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 227-230, no. A2
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