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Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions

François Robert Ingouf (1747-1812)

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Madonna of the Blue Diadem’] dated 1805

Etching and engraving | 40.5 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850890

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A print after the 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 ancient attribution of the painting to Raphael.

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)

    François Robert Ingouf (1747-1812) (engraver)

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

    Philippe Chery (1759-1838) (designer)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)
    Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 40.5 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper)

    35.6 x 23.9 cm (image)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
    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
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.70 A.XXVIII.4

    Bibliographic reference(s)

    Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 251-254, no. A9