Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Bartolomé Vázquez (1749-1802)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist dated 1785
Stipple engraving, printed in brown | 30.8 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850982
A print after a painting then in the Royal Palace in Madrid, and reputed to be by Raphael himself. Lettered with production details. The painting freely adapts the composition of Raphael’s Madonna della Seggiola now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. A photograph of the Madonna della Seggiola can be found at RCIN 850973.
Showing the Virgin seated in a chair, holding the Christ Child on her knees and embracing Him with both arms and looking at the beholder; on the right are an open book and a lamp.
Showing the Virgin seated in a chair, holding the Christ Child on her knees and embracing Him with both arms and looking at the beholder; on the right are an open book and a lamp.
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Creator(s)
Bartolomé Vázquez (1749-1802) (engraver)
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Francisco Bayeu (1734-95) (designer)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
30.8 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper)
28.0 x 20.5 cm (image)
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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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Seating. Chairs
- Chairs
- Seating. Chairs
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.75 A.XXXIV.9
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