Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534)
The Virgin and Child with Saints Anne and Elizabeth, and an angel ['The Virgin and the Cradle'] c.1520-5
Engraving | 24.7 x 17.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851273
![The Virgin and Child with Saints Anne and Elizabeth, and an angel ['The Virgin and the Cradle']](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/8/7/743742-1521458454.jpg?itok=i3t9wliS "The Virgin and Child with Saints Anne and Elizabeth, and an angel ['The Virgin and the Cradle']")
An engraving reproducing the so-called Virgin and the Cradle, a composition associated with paintings designed by Raphael between 1518-20 and executed by his workshop. Signed with an empty tablet at lower right. First state.
The print shows the full-length seated Virgin, holding the Christ Child with both hands, with Saint Elizabeth bending over the cradle at left and St Anne standing behind the Virgin with raised arms; an angel holding an amphora next to a water basin at right; in an interior.
The print shows the full-length seated Virgin, holding the Christ Child with both hands, with Saint Elizabeth bending over the cradle at left and St Anne standing behind the Virgin with raised arms; an angel holding an amphora next to a water basin at right; in an interior.
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Creator(s)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint AnneSaint Elizabeth -
24.7 x 17.7 cm (sheet of paper)
24.5 x 17.4 cm (platemark)
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Virgin & Child with Saints
- Virgin & Child
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Beds
- Cradles
- Beds
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.96 C.XLV.1
Bibliographic reference(s)
Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi: Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981 p.158, no.49 (entry by Innis H. Shoemaker)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 pp.208-09, no.XL.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)
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