Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Vincenzo Biondi (b. 1804)
The Virgin and Child [detail from ‘The Madonna del Baldacchino’] c.1824-1847
Etching | 40.3 x 27.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850833
![The Virgin and Child [detail from `The Madonna del Baldacchino?]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/7/3/742611-1521028845.jpg?itok=qlzQlN-r "The Virgin and Child [detail from `The Madonna del Baldacchino?]")
An engraving reproducing the figures of the Virgin and Child from Raphaels' so-called Madonna del Baldacchino (c.1507-08), a painting now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165). Lettered with title and production details.
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Creator(s)
Vincenzo Biondi (b. 1804) (etcher)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Vincenzo Biondi (b. 1804) (designer)
Bardi, Luigi : Florence (printer)
Lodovico II, King of Etruria (1799-1883) (dedicatee)
Vincenzo Biondi (b. 1804) (dedicator)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
40.3 x 27.3 cm (sheet of paper)
25.7 x 17.8 cm (image)
38.5 x 25.0 cm (platemark)
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ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER
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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.5
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 276-281, no. 40
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