Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
JOSEPH ALBERT (1825-86)
The Virgin and Child [‘The Tempi Madonna’]
c.1853-76Albumen print | 62.7 x 47.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850719
A photograph of the so-called ‘Tempi Madonna’, a painting executed by Raphael for the Tempi family (1507-08) now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (inv. no.WA 796). As lettered on the sheet, the painting was then in the possession of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and was housed in the Munich Pinakothek.
Showing the half length standing Virgin holding the Christ Child, at whom she looks dearly while inclining her head and pressing her cheek to His; in a landscape.
Creator(s)
Joseph Albert (1825-86) (photographer)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Piloty & Loehle : Munich (publisher)
62.7 x 47.0 cm (sheet of paper)
34.6 x 23.5 cm (image)
61.2 x 45.3 cm (platemark)
MADONNA DEL TEMPI.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 266-268, no. 37 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )
