Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Italian School, Tuscan, late 16th Century
The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape after 1853
Albumen print | 36.7 x 27.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850638
A photograph of a painting showing the Virgin and the Christ Child seated on her lap, reading a book in a hilly landscape; the composition recalls the motif of the Solly Madonna by Raphael (c.1501-02). See RCIN 850635 for a photograph of the Solly Madonna. Not listed in Ruland (1876).
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Creator(s)
Italian School, Tuscan, late 16th Century (artist)
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36.7 x 27.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Virgin & Child-Reading a book
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.54 A.Ia(add)
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