Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Agostino Capelli (active 19C)
The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna'] c.1800-1876
Engraving with etching | 81.4 x 60.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851068
![The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna']](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/8/a/743581-1521457446.jpg?itok=fECOeC4d "The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna']")
A print after the so-called Sistine Madonna, a painting by Raphael now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no.93). Lettered state, with production details, title, dedication and dedicatee's arms. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). A photograph of the Sistine Madonna can be found at RCIN 851062.
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.
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Creator(s)
Agostino Capelli (active 19C) (engraver) [Begun by]
Giovanni Berselli (active 19C) (engraver) [Completed by]
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Frassinetti (printer)
Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy, King of Sardinia (1820-78) (dedicatee)
Giovanni Berselli (active 19C) (dedicator)
Subject(s)
Pope Sixtus II (d. 258)Saint BarbaraBlessed Virgin Mary -
81.4 x 60.4 cm (sheet of paper)
65.1 x 49.5 cm (image)
76.4 x 55.3 cm (platemark)
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MADONNA DI S.SISTO DI RAFAELLO
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
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
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mythical creatures
- Cherubs
- Mythical creatures
- Animals
- Zoology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Curtains
- Furniture & accessories
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Jewellery
- Tiaras
- Jewellery
- Home economics
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.80 A.XL.4b(add)
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
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