The Virgin and Child reading in a landscape ['The Conestabile Madonna'] c.1860-76
Carbon print | 31.1 x 43.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850645
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A photograph of the Conestabile Madonna by Raphael (c.1503-04) now in the Hermitage, St Petersburg (inv. no.GS 252), within a magnificent decorative frame; showing the half length figure of the Virgin, supporting the Christ Child with her left hand and holding a small book in her right.
Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
31.1 x 43.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 141-144, no. 10