Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
AUGUSTE GASPARD LOUIS BOUCHER DESNOYERS (1779-1857)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘La Belle Jardinière’]
c.1800-1847Etching and engraving | 56.6 x 38.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850795
An engraving after the so-called ‘La Belle Jardinière’, a painting by Raphael (1508) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.602). Lettered with the title and production details.
Showing the seated Virgin looking at the standing Child while supporting Him, with the Infant St John the Baptist kneeling down at her side holding a cross staff.
Showing the seated Virgin looking at the standing Child while supporting Him, with the Infant St John the Baptist kneeling down at her side holding a cross staff.
Creator(s)
Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (1779-1857) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Ramboz : [Paris?] (printer)
Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825) (dedicatee)
Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (1779-1857) (dedicator)
56.6 x 38.5 cm (sheet of paper)
44.9 x 30.3 cm (image)
54.7 x 36.8 cm (platemark)
LA VIERGE DITE LA BELLE JARDINIERE.
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
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 157-263, no. 35 (Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 )
