George Thomas Doo (1800-86)
The Virgin and Child [‘The Large Cowper Madonna’] dated 1835
Etching and engraving | 40.1 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850813
![The Virgin and Child [`The Large Cowper Madonna?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/c/742591-1521028680.jpg?itok=MdYn6qNm "The Virgin and Child [`The Large Cowper Madonna?]")
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An engraving after Raphael's so-called Large Cowper Madonna (1508), when in the collection of the Earl Cowper, Penshanger, to whom the plate is dedicated. The painting is now in the National Gallery, Washington DC (inv. no.25). Not listed in Ruland (1876).
Showing the seated Virgin holding the Child Christ on her lap, who grasps His mother’s bodice while looking at the viewer.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
40.1 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper)
19.8 x 14.4 cm (image)
36.0 x 24.3 cm (platemark)
Other number(s)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 272-276, no. 39
Alternative title(s)
MESSIAH.
