Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy (1820-1902)
The Virgin and Child in a landscape ['La Madone Sergardi'] c.1850-1860
Crayon-manner | 37.1 x 29.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851239
![The Virgin and Child in a landscape ['La Madone Sergardi']](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/6/b/743838-1521459116.jpg?itok=PijDKYB6 "The Virgin and Child in a landscape ['La Madone Sergardi']")
A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) currently in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3859). Lettered with production details.
The Louvre 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). A photograph of the drawing can be found at RCIN 851237.
The print shows the full-length Virgin suckling the Christ Child, whom she holds on her lap; the Child sits on a cushion and clutches His mother's bodice with His left hand; in a landscape.
The Louvre 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). A photograph of the drawing can be found at RCIN 851237.
The print shows the full-length Virgin suckling the Christ Child, whom she holds on her lap; the Child sits on a cushion and clutches His mother's bodice with His left hand; in a landscape.
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Creator(s)
Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy (1820-1902) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Furne, Fils et C.ie : Paris (printer)
Ferdinand Séré (active c. 1838-50) (designer)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
37.1 x 29.4 cm (sheet of paper)
24.7 x 18.4 cm (image)
33.0 x 25.1 cm (platemark)
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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.94 C.XXXIII.3
Bibliographic reference(s)
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) p.90, no.80
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