Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
FERDINANDO GREGORI (1743-1804)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Madonna della Seggiola’]
dated 1768Etching and engraving | 56.6 x 38.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850974
A print after the so-called ‘Madonna della Seggiola’, a circular painting by Raphael (c.1514) now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.151). Numbered at upper left: 3. Lettered with production details and dedication.
Showing the Virgin seated in a chair, holding the Christ Child on her knees and embracing Him with both arms while looking at the beholder, with the Infant Baptist standing behind at right and looking up with clasped hands; in a fictive frame.
Showing the Virgin seated in a chair, holding the Christ Child on her knees and embracing Him with both arms while looking at the beholder, with the Infant Baptist standing behind at right and looking up with clasped hands; in a fictive frame.
Creator(s)
Ferdinando Gregori (1743-1804) (artist)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Tommaso Arrighetti (active 18C) (designer)
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747-92) (dedicatee)
Ferdinando Gregori (1743-1804) (dedicator)
Tommaso Arrighetti (active 18C) (dedicator)
56.6 x 38.9 cm (sheet of paper)
43.7 x 34.3 cm (image)
56.5 x 38.7 cm (platemark)
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
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Seating. Chairs
- Chairs
- Seating. Chairs
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 137-143, no. 57 (Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 )
