The Virgin and Child [‘The Colonna Madonna’]

1820

Etching and engraving | 33.4 x 25.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850817

A engraving reproducing (in reverse) the so-called ‘Colonna Madonna’, a painting by Raphael (1507-08) now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. no.248).

Showing the Virgin holding a book in her right hand and supporting the Christ Child with her left arm, who sits on her lap and grasps her bodice while looking at the viewer; in a landscape.

According to Queen Victoria, the Colonna Madonna was Prince Albert's favourite painting by Raphael. He gave a porcelain copy of it to his wife as a present for Christmas 1858 (RCIN 404017); the back of plaque bears the inscription: “The Prince consort’s favorite picture 1861.”

Creator(s)

Claude Louis Masquelier (1781-1852) (engraver)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

Claude Louis Masquelier (1781-1852) (designer)

[France] : Gellée (printer)

C.L. Masquelier : rue de Fourey 11, Paris (publisher)
33.4 x 25.3 cm (sheet of paper)

26.4 x 19.5 cm (image)

30.5 x 22.0 cm (platemark)
LA VIERGE / dite la Madonna del palazzo Colonna.
Added to 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
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 264-266, no. 36 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )

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