Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
GIOVANNI FARRUGIA (1803-61)
The Virgin and Child with Pinks [‘Madonna dei Garofani’]
published 1828Engraving | 40.4 x 30.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850739
A reversed engraving after 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). The inscription below the image indicates that the painting was formerly in the Camuccini collection. When described by Ruland (1876), the painting was in the possession of the Duke of Northumberland. Lettered with the title and production details.
Showing the seated Virgin holding on her lap the Christ Child who sits on a cushion, while captivating his attention with some pinks; in an interior with a view on a landscape.
Showing the seated Virgin holding on her lap the Christ Child who sits on a cushion, while captivating his attention with some pinks; in an interior with a view on a landscape.
Creator(s)
Giovanni Farrugia (1803-61) (engraver)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Giuseppe Longhi (1766-1831) (supervisor)
Amatori e Protettori delle Belle Arti (dedicatee)
Giovanni Farrugia (1803-61) (dedicator)
40.4 x 30.9 cm (sheet of paper)
29.1 x 23.3 cm (image)
LA MADONNA DEI GAROFANI
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 210-213, no. 25
Other number(s)
Ruland p.61 A.XV.2
