Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Johann Georg Raber (1764-1830)
The Virgin and Child dated 1805
Etching | 26.6 x 20.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850834
A print after a circular painting catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Brussels Museum. Lettered with production details.
The painting reproduces the figures of the Virgin and Child from Raphael’s so-called Madonna del Baldacchino (c.1507-08), a painting now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165; see RCIN 850829 for a photograph of it).
The painting reproduces the figures of the Virgin and Child from Raphael’s so-called Madonna del Baldacchino (c.1507-08), a painting now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165; see RCIN 850829 for a photograph of it).
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Creator(s)
Johann Georg Raber (1764-1830) (etcher)
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony (1801-77) (dedicatee)
Johann Georg Raber (1764-1830) (dedicator)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
26.6 x 20.3 cm (sheet of paper)
13.2 x 13.3 cm (image)
23.5 x 16.6 cm (platemark)
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LA VIERGE ET L'ENFANT JESU DU MUSÉE IMP.L DE BRUXELLES.
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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
- 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.67 A.XXIII.6
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