Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
FRIEDRICH MÜLLER (1782-1816)
The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna']
c.1802-1806Engraving with etching | 86.9 x 65.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851061
A print after the so-called Sistine Madonna, a painting by Raphael (c.1512-13) now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no.93). Lettered state, with dedicatee's coat of arms.
Showing the full-length Virgin standing on clouds and holding the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by St Pope Sixtus on the left and St Barbara on the right, with two upward-looking winged cherubs at lower centre; the composition is framed by open curtains.
Showing the full-length Virgin standing on clouds and holding the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by St Pope Sixtus on the left and St Barbara on the right, with two upward-looking winged cherubs at lower centre; the composition is framed by open curtains.
Creator(s)
Friedrich Müller (1782-1816) (engraver)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Appolonie Seydelmann (1767-1840) (designer)
Dresden : Rittner (publisher)
Ramboz : [Paris?] (printer)
Frederick August I, King of Saxony (1750-1827) (dedicatee)
Friedrich Müller (1782-1816) (dedicator)
Subject(s)
Pope Sixtus II (d. 258)Saint BarbaraBlessed Virgin Mary86.9 x 65.8 cm (sheet of paper)
64.8 x 49.6 cm (image)
75.9 x 55.0 cm (platemark)
LA MADONNA DI S. SISTO DI RAFAELLO.
- 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
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Saints (Christianity)
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mythical creatures
- Cherubs
- Mythical creatures
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Curtains
- Furniture & accessories
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Jewellery
- Tiaras
- Jewellery
- Home economics
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 107-116, no. 53
Other number(s)
Ruland p.80 A.XL.1
