Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
MARTIN FREY (1769-1831)
The Virgin and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist [‘Madonna del Velo’]
c.1789-1821Etching and engraving | 50.1 x 38.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850787
An engraving after a painting when in the possession of the Prince d’Esterhazy, Pottendorf now in the Sźepmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest (inv. no.160).
The painting is one of a number reproducing a composition traditionally known as the Madonna del Velo, the original version of which (currently untraced) is thought to have been painted by Raphael’s workshop after a design by the master dating c.1510-12 (see Bibliographic References).
Showing the Christ Child sleeping on the left; the Virgin looks at Him while lifting the veil over His head with her right hand and supporting the Infant Baptist with her left, who points at the Child; in a landscape.
The painting is one of a number reproducing a composition traditionally known as the Madonna del Velo, the original version of which (currently untraced) is thought to have been painted by Raphael’s workshop after a design by the master dating c.1510-12 (see Bibliographic References).
Showing the Christ Child sleeping on the left; the Virgin looks at Him while lifting the veil over His head with her right hand and supporting the Infant Baptist with her left, who points at the Child; in a landscape.
Creator(s)
Martin Frey (1769-1831) (engraver)
After a work by the school of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
50.1 x 38.1 cm (sheet of paper)
31.7 x 31.5 cm (image)
42.2 x 35.7 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
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Headgear
- Veils
- Headgear
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 278-279, no. A17
Other number(s)
Ruland p.64 A.XVIII.3
