Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘La Belle Jardinière’] c.1860-76
Carbon print | 50.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850796
![The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`La Belle Jardiniere?]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/0/742571-1521028533.jpg?itok=E6XFeGTL "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`La Belle Jardiniere?]")
A photograph of the so-called La Belle Jardinière, a painting by Raphael (1508) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.602).
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.
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Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
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50.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet of paper)
47.2 cm (Width) x 30.9 cm (Depth) (image)
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Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.65 A.XIX.2
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 157-263, no. 35
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