Jean Couvay (c.1605-?1663)
The Virgin and Child with Pinks [‘Madonna dei Garofani’] c.1642-1657
Engraving | 35.8 x 26.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850740
![The Virgin and Child with Pinks [`Madonna dei Garofani?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/0/d/741613-1520337664.jpg?itok=G7A8SAHS "The Virgin and Child with Pinks [`Madonna dei Garofani?]")
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A engraving reproducing the composition of Raphael's so-called Madonna dei Garofani (or Madonna of the Pinks) currently in the National Gallery, London (inv. no.NG 6596). According to Ruland (1876), this print may have been executed either after the original by Raphael or after a precisely similar copy. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Showing the seated Virgin holding the Christ Child seating on a cushion on her lap and captivating his attention with some pinks; in an interior with a view on a landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
35.8 x 26.0 cm (sheet of paper)
34.0 x 25.9 cm (image)
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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. 210-213, no. 25
Alternative title(s)
DILECTUS MEUS MIHI ET EGO ILLI. Cant. 2.
