Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape ['The Conestabile Madonna']
c.1860-76Carbon print | RCIN 850645
A photograph of the 'Conestabile Madonna' by Raphael (c.1503-04) now in the Hermitage, St Petersburg (inv. no.GS 252), within a magnificent decorative frame; showing the half length figure of the Virgin, supporting the Christ Child with her left hand and holding a small book in her right.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
