Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Adolphe Braun (1812-77)
The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape ['The Conestabile Madonna'] c.1860-76
Carbon print | 31.1 x 43.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850645
![The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape ['The Conestabile Madonna']](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/7/741517-1520337276.jpg?itok=dib-M3yv "The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape ['The Conestabile Madonna']")
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.
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Creator(s)
Adolphe Braun (1812-77) (photographer)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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31.1 x 43.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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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.III.2
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 141-144, no. 10
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