Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
GIOVANNI BATTISTA ANGOLO DEL MORO (C. 1514-C. 1573)
The Virgin bathing the Christ Child with the Infant Baptist and St Anne
c.1514-1565Etching | 35.0 x 24.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851173
A print reproducing a composition often attributed to Raphael, related to the so-called 'Madonna mit dem Becken' (Madonna del Catino), a painting by Giulio Romano (c.1525) currently housed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no.103). Only state.
A 16th-century anonymous print of the same composition (although with some differences and in reverse) can be found at RCIN 812272.
The print shows the full-length kneeling Virgin, bathing the Christ Child who turns towards the Infant Baptist who pours water over Him from a jug, with St Anne holding a cloth next to a fire at left; in an interior.
A 16th-century anonymous print of the same composition (although with some differences and in reverse) can be found at RCIN 812272.
The print shows the full-length kneeling Virgin, bathing the Christ Child who turns towards the Infant Baptist who pours water over Him from a jug, with St Anne holding a cloth next to a fire at left; in an interior.
Creator(s)
Giovanni Battista Angolo del Moro (c. 1514-c. 1573) (etcher)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
35.0 x 24.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.210, no.XLII.4 (entry by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
