Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist c.1853-76
Albumen print | 19.2 x 25.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851205
A photograph of a drawing now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895-9-15-626) thought to be a copy after a lost study by Raphael.
The composition is known through other existing copies, including another in the British Museum (inv. no.Ff. I-38), one in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.498E) and a third one catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the Academy in Milan, but currently untraced (see RCIN 851206).
The photograph shows the full-length Virgin, seated almost in profile to left, holding the naked Christ Child on her lap, with the Infant Baptist standing at left.
The composition is known through other existing copies, including another in the British Museum (inv. no.Ff. I-38), one in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.498E) and a third one catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the Academy in Milan, but currently untraced (see RCIN 851206).
The photograph shows the full-length Virgin, seated almost in profile to left, holding the naked Christ Child on her lap, with the Infant Baptist standing at left.
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Creator(s)
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
19.2 x 25.5 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
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Christ Child
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.91 C.XIV.2
Bibliographic reference(s)
Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); vol.1; pp.45-6, no.58
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