Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist and a haloed Child [‘The Terranuova Madonna’]
c.1853-76Albumen print | RCIN 850660
A photograph of the ‘Terranuova Madonna’ (c.1504-05) by Raphael now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. no.247A).
Showing the Virgin seated in front of a parapet and the naked Christ Child lying across her lap with an inscribed scroll also held by the Infant Baptist who is standing on the left; on the right is a yet unidentified haloed standing infant.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)