Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Domenico Marchetti (1780-1844)
The Virgin and Child enthroned with Saints [‘The Decemviri Altarpiece’] c.1800-1834
Engraving with etching | 77.7 x 60.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851122
![The Virgin and Child enthroned with Saints [`The Decemviri Altarpiece?]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/4/743674-1521458271.jpg?itok=1C9Zr9D7 "The Virgin and Child enthroned with Saints [`The Decemviri Altarpiece?]")
A print after the so-called Decemviri Altarpiece, a painting by Perugino now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City (inv. no.224). Lettered with production details and Bible quote. With publisher's blind stamp at lower right (not in Lugt).
Showing the Virgin seating on a throne and holding the Child on her knee, flanked by the patron saints of Perugia: Saints Hercolanus and Constantius on the left, and Saints Lawrence and Louis of Toulouse on the right.
Showing the Virgin seating on a throne and holding the Child on her knee, flanked by the patron saints of Perugia: Saints Hercolanus and Constantius on the left, and Saints Lawrence and Louis of Toulouse on the right.
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Creator(s)
Domenico Marchetti (1780-1844) (engraver)
After Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c. 1450-Fontignano 1523) (artist)
G.B. Borani (active 1830s) (designer)
Calcografia della R.C. Apostolica : Rome (publisher)
Subject(s)
Saint LawrenceSt LudovicusSt HercolanusSt ConstantiusBlessed Virgin Mary -
77.7 x 60.4 cm (sheet of paper)
60.5 x 49.8 cm (image)
67.9 x 55.4 cm (platemark)
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GLORIA HAEC EST OMNIBUS SANCTIS. Is. 4.
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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.84 B.IV.3
Bibliographic reference(s)
Perugino 2000 : Pietro Vannucci, il Perugino. Atti del convegno internazionale di studio 25-28 ottobre 2000 / a cura di Laura Teza con la collaborazione di Mirko Santanicchia pp.337-8, 348-9
Scarpellini 1984 : Scarpellini, P, 1984. Perugino, Milan p.90, no.65
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