Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Francesco Villamena (1566-1626)
The Virgin and Child with Saints [‘The Madonna dell’Impannata’] dated 1611
Engraving | 43.6 x 30.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851076
![The Virgin and Child with Saints [`The Madonna dell?Impannata?]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/0/9/743629-1521458150.jpg?itok=ntXfuDkF "The Virgin and Child with Saints [`The Madonna dell?Impannata?]")
A print after 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). Lettered state with production details and dedication. Annotated in ink at lower right.
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.
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.
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Creator(s)
Francesco Villamena (1566-1626) (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
D. Nicolao Guicciardino (dedicatee)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Francesco Villamena (1566-1626) (dedicator)
Subject(s)
Saint ElizabethBlessed Virgin Mary -
annotation: 5 [?] [front, beneath the left corner of the image, in ink]
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43.6 x 30.3 cm (sheet of paper)
40.0 x 29.4 cm (image)
43.3 x 30.0 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
- 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.3
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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Place of Production
Rome [Lazio]
In Partnership with
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