Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
A. F. SEMLER (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY)
The Virgin and Child with Pinks [‘Madonna dei Garofani’]
c.1800-1876Engraving with etching | 52.8 x 44.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850738
An engraving reproducing the so-called ‘Madonna dei Garofani’ (or 'Madonna of the Pinks'), a painting by Raphael (c.1506-07) now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no.NG 6596). It has been suggested that this engraving may be based upon an earlier engraving by Giovanni Farrugia, an impression of which can be found at RCIN 850639. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Showing the seated Virgin holding the Christ Child seating on a cushion on her lap and captivating his attention with some pinks; in an interior with a view on a landscape.
Showing the seated Virgin holding the Christ Child seating on a cushion on her lap and captivating his attention with some pinks; in an interior with a view on a landscape.
Creator(s)
A. F. Semler (active 19th century) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
52.8 x 44.5 cm (sheet of paper)
27.9 x 22.6 cm (image)
38.7 x 31.7 cm (platemark)
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
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Pinks
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 210-213, no. 25 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )
