The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Esterházy Madonna’] c.1853-76
Albumen print | 24.7 x 19.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850819
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A photograph of the so-called Esterházy Madonna, a painting by Raphael (1507-08) now in the Szepmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest (inv. no.71). When catalogued by Ruland (1876), the painting was then in the Gallery of Prince Esterházy, Budapest.
Showing the kneeling Virgin supporting the Christ Child with both hands, who sits on a rock and points at the Infant Baptist, who kneels down on the left; in a landscape.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
24.7 x 19.0 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. 254-257, no. 34