Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Virgin and Child in a landscape ['La Madone Sergardi']
c.1853-76Albumen print | 23.8 x 17.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851237
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) currently in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3859). The drawing, known as 'La Madone Sergardi', may be a study for a now lost painting by Raphael, known through painted replicas including one in the Galleria Borghese, Rome (Della Pergola 1959, no.73 repr).
The photograph shows the full-length Virgin suckling the Christ Child, whom she holds on her lap; in a landscape.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
23.8 x 17.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.174, no.167 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
pp.90-91, no.80 (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))
