Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘Madonna del Cardellino’] c.1853-76
Albumen print | 11.8 x 8.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850698
![The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`Madonna del Cardellino?]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/9/741572-1520337467.jpg?itok=jRiMfP-S "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`Madonna del Cardellino?]")
A photograph of the so-called Madonna del Cardellino, a painting by Raphael (c.1506) now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv.1890, no.1447).
Showing the Virgin seated on a rock, holding an open book in her left hand and looking at the Infant Baptist who is holding out a goldfinch to the Christ Child standing between’s Mary’s legs.
Showing the Virgin seated on a rock, holding an open book in her left hand and looking at the Infant Baptist who is holding out a goldfinch to the Christ Child standing between’s Mary’s legs.
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Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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11.8 x 8.7 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
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Birds
- Passeres
- Finches
- Goldfinches
- Finches
- Passeres
- Birds
- Animals
- Zoology
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.58 A.IX.3
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 219-222, no. 27
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