Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
GIOVANNI BATTISTA FRANCO (C. 1510-1561)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist
c.1530-1551Engraving with etching | 24.7 x 37.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851327
A print reproducing a composition formerly associated with Raphael. Late state with engraver's name on plate at lower centre, and mysterious lettering just above: W˚ 21. Not described in Bartsch.
The print shows the full-length Virgin seating on the ground and holding the Christ Child on her lap, with the Infant Baptist seating at left under a tree.
The print shows the full-length Virgin seating on the ground and holding the Christ Child on her lap, with the Infant Baptist seating at left under a tree.
Creator(s)
Giovanni Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561) (engraver)
Giovanni Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561) (printmaker)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
24.7 x 37.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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
- Religion & Theology
