Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family']
c.1530-60Engraving | 30.6 x 22.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851056
Showing the full-length seated Virgin supporting the Christ Child who stands on His cradle and reaches for the Infant Baptist, who is kneeling on St Elizabeth’s thighs and leans over towards the Child; before a wall.
Creator(s)
Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (c. 1500-65) (engraver)
After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Saint ElizabethBlessed Virgin Mary30.6 x 22.2 cm (sheet of paper)
30.2 x 21.8 cm (platemark)
- 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
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Beds
- Cradles
- Beds
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Massari 1993 : Massari, S, 1993. Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit : Opere grafiche autografe di collaborazione e bottega, Rome pp. 62-3, no. 53
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 258-262, no. A11
Other number(s)
Ruland p.80 A.XXXIX.3