The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Esterházy Madonna’] dated 1829
Lithograph | 34.8 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850822
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A lithograph after a painting then in the possession of Mr. Wenderlstadt, Frankfurt. Lettered with production details.
In Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue, the painting was described as being in the possession of Count Luckner, Dresden. The painting is a copy of Raphael’s so-called Esterházy Madonna (1507-08) now in the Szepmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest (inv. no.71; see RCIN 850819 for a photograph of it).
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
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Lithograph
Measurements
34.8 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper)
28.8 x 20.6 cm (image)