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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

LUIGI CELOTTI (1759-1843)

The kneeling Virgin

published 1829

Etching | 29.4 x 23.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851292

A facsimile etching of a drawing by an artist from the circle of Perugino part of the 'Libretto Veneziano', now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice (f.51v). Lettered with attribution of the drawing to Raphael. Published in 'Disegni originali di Raffaello Sanzio [...] nella Imperial Regia Accademia di belle arti di Venezia', Venice 1829, plate XXV. A photograph of the original drawing can be found at RCIN 851291.

The drawing reproduced in this print is part of the so-called "Libretto di Raffaello" or "Libretto Veneziano", 53 sheets that used to be mounted in a volume. After complicated negotiations, the sketchbook was bought by the Accademia in the 1820s, after the death of Giuseppe Bossi, who was its previous owner. A number of scholars debated the author of the drawings (with many names proposed, such as Pinturicchio, Antonio da Viterbo, Eusebio del Giorgio, Girolamo Genga) and their date. In 1984, the drawings were catalogued as by an artist contemporary to Raphael, whose juvenile works he copied in this sketchbook (see Bibliographic References).
  • Creator(s)

    Luigi Celotti (1759-1843) (author)

    After a work by the school of Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c.1450-Fontignano 1523) (artist)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 29.4 x 23.2 cm (sheet of paper)
    22.6 x 15.9 cm (platemark)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Headgear
            • Veils