Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth c.1853-76
Salted paper print | 35.1 x 28.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850919
A photograph of a cartoon fragment catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the possession of William Russell, Esq and now in the British Museum, London (inv. no. 1926,0412.1).
The fragment corresponds to a portion of the so-called Madonna del Divino Amore (c.1516), a painting currently attributed to Raphael’s workshop and now in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (inv. no.146).
The photographed cartoon fragment shows the seated Virgin holding the Christ Child on her lap, with St Elizabeth at her side.
The fragment corresponds to a portion of the so-called Madonna del Divino Amore (c.1516), a painting currently attributed to Raphael’s workshop and now in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (inv. no.146).
The photographed cartoon fragment shows the seated Virgin holding the Christ Child on her lap, with St Elizabeth at her side.
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Creator(s)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint ElizabethBlessed Virgin Mary -
35.1 x 28.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.72 A.XXX.8
Bibliographic reference(s)
Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London pp. 40-41, no. 51
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 247-251, no. A8
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