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Italian School, Tuscan, late 16th Century

The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape after 1853

Albumen print | 36.7 x 27.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850638

The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape

Italian School, Tuscan, late 16th Century

The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape after 1853

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The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape

Italian School, Tuscan, late 16th Century

The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape after 1853

©

Description

A photograph of a painting showing the Virgin and the Christ Child seated on her lap, reading a book in a hilly landscape; the composition recalls the motif of the Solly Madonna by Raphael (c.1501-02). See RCIN 850635 for a photograph of the Solly Madonna. Not listed in Ruland (1876).

Provenance

Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Italian School, Tuscan, late 16th Century
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Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Albumen print

albumen print

Measurements

36.7 x 27.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Devotional Images of Christ
Virgin & Child
Virgin & Child-Reading a book
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.54 A.Ia(add)

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