Raphael was especially esteemed for his Madonna and Child compositions
Jacques Coelemans (1654-1731/2)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist ['The Madonna del Pozzo'] c.1674-1721
Engraving with etching | 38.2 x 28.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851174
![The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist ['The Madonna del Pozzo']](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/4/743728-1521458416.jpg?itok=RgGPRLD3 "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist ['The Madonna del Pozzo']")
A print reproducing (in reverse) the so-called Madonna del Pozzo, a painting by Franciabigio currently housed in the Museo degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. 1980, no.1445). The print credits Raphael with the invention of the composition. Lettered with production details and Bible quote. Numbered on plate, below the image at lower left: 2.
The print shows the Infant Baptist holding a cross in his right hand and presenting an inscribed scroll to the Virgin with his left, who sits on the ground and supports the naked Christ Child with her left hand; in a landscape with a well in the right background.
The print shows the Infant Baptist holding a cross in his right hand and presenting an inscribed scroll to the Virgin with his left, who sits on the ground and supports the naked Christ Child with her left hand; in a landscape with a well in the right background.
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Creator(s)
Jacques Coelemans (1654-1731/2) (engraver)
After Franciabigio (Florence 1484-1525) (artist)
Jacques Coelemans (1654-1731/2) (printmaker)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Blessed Virgin Mary -
38.2 x 28.9 cm (sheet of paper)
36.6 x 27.1 cm (image)
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FLORES APPARUERUNT IN TERRA NOSTRA. Canti.Ca.II.V XII.
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Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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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
- Infancy of Christ
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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Other number(s)
Ruland p.87 B.XXXVII.1
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