Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Carl Gustav Oehme (1817-81)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist and a haloed Child [‘The Terranuova Madonna’] c.1853-76
Albumen print | 40.3 cm (diameter) (image) | RCIN 850660
![The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist and a haloed Child [`The Terranuova Madonna?]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/7/741533-1520337337.jpg?itok=_vgVdI_6 "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist and a haloed Child [`The Terranuova Madonna?]")
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.
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.
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Creator(s)
Carl Gustav Oehme (1817-81) (photographer)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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40.3 cm (diameter) (image)
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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
- Virgin & Child with Saints
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.55 A.V.1
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp.188-191, no. 19
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