Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
The Virgin and Child with Saints 1859
Albumen print | 22.1 x 18.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851081
A photograph of a painting formerly owned by Lord Methuen and currently at Corsham Court, Wiltshire. The photographed picture is an early copy of the so-called Madonna dell’Impannata, a painting generally attributed to Raphael's workshop after a design by the master (c.1513-16) now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.94). A photograph of the Madonna dell’Impannata can be found at RCIN 851074.
Showing the standing Virgin receiving the Christ Child from St Elizabeth (?) who is seating alongside a female saint on the left, with the young John the Baptist pointing at the Child on the right; in an interior, with a window in the right background.
Details of the photography of the painting by Cundall are found in the Raphael Collection correspondence (RA VIC/ADDA10/85/65, RA VIC/ADDA10/85/69, RA VIC/ADDA10/85/72, RA VIC/ADDA10/85/75 and RA VIC/ADDA10/85/79).
Showing the standing Virgin receiving the Christ Child from St Elizabeth (?) who is seating alongside a female saint on the left, with the young John the Baptist pointing at the Child on the right; in an interior, with a window in the right background.
Details of the photography of the painting by Cundall are found in the Raphael Collection correspondence (RA VIC/ADDA10/85/65, RA VIC/ADDA10/85/69, RA VIC/ADDA10/85/72, RA VIC/ADDA10/85/75 and RA VIC/ADDA10/85/79).
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Creator(s)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95) (photographer)
After a work copying the circle of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint ElizabethBlessed Virgin Mary -
22.1 x 18.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1859)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.81 A.XLI.8
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 144-149, no. 58
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