Holy Families & Madonna and Child
Holy Families & Madonna and Child
The Virgin suckling the Christ Child
after 1853Albumen print | RCIN 851234
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the Musée Bonnat, Bayonne (inv. no.1715). Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). According to an undated annotation in the master copy of Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue kept in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, the drawing was then in the collection of Com. C. Guasti, Florence.
The photograph shows the full-length seated Virgin breast-feeding the Christ Child, who she holds on her lap.
The photograph shows the full-length seated Virgin breast-feeding the Christ Child, who she holds on her lap.
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
