The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist

dated 1784

Etching printed in brown ink | 37.2 x 24.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850825

A facsimile etching of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.539E; see RCIN 850824 for a photograph of it). Lettered with production details. Published in 'Scuola Italiana o sia Nuova Raccolta di Stampe a Forma di Disegni', Rome 1787, plate 23.

The drawing is a preparatory study for Raphael's so-called 'Esterházy Madonna’ (1508) now in the Szepmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest (inv. no.71; see RCIN 850819 for a photograph of it).

Showing the kneeling Virgin supporting the Christ Child with both hands, who sits on a rock and points at the Infant Baptist, who kneels down on the left; in a landscape.

Creator(s)

Stefano Mulinari (1741-90) (etcher)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

Conte Francesco d'Hardegg Glalz (dedicatee)
37.2 x 24.4 cm (sheet of paper)

27.6 x 18.2 cm (image)

35.3 x 22.1 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
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 174, no. 169 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

p. 242, no. 539E (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi))

pp. 254-257, no. 34 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )

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The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist

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