The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Madonna of the Blue Diadem’]

c.1800-1847

Etching and engraving | 51.9 x 38.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850888

A print after so-called ‘Madonna of the Blue Diadem’, a painting generally attributed to Raphael’s workshop (possibly G.F. Penni or Giulio Romano) housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no. 603). Lettered with the title and production details. As lettered on the print, the painting was formerly attributed to Raphael. With the engraver's stamp in the lower left corner (Lugt 102).

Showing the Virgin lifting a veil over the sleeping Christ Child with the Infant Baptist kneeling down in adoration on the right; in a landscape.

Creator(s)

Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (1779-1857) (engraver)

After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (1779-1857) (designer)

Ramboz : [Paris?] (printer)

Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers : Rue de Touraine no.9, près l'Odeon, Paris (publisher)

After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
51.9 x 38.3 cm (sheet of paper)

41.1 x 29.6 cm (image)

50.7 x 36.8 cm (platemark)
LA VIERGE AU LINGE
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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
  
  Industries, Crafts and Trades
  
  Jewellery
  
  Diadems
  
  Clothing
  
  Headgear
  
  Veils
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 251-254, no. A9 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Madonna of the Blue Diadem’]

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