Stefano Mulinari (1741-90)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist dated 1784
Etching printed in brown ink | 37.2 x 24.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850825
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A facsimile etching of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.539E; see RCIN 850824 for a photograph of it). Lettered with production details. Published in Scuola Italiana o sia Nuova Raccolta di Stampe a Forma di Disegni, Rome 1787, plate 23.
The drawing is a preparatory study for Raphael's so-called Esterházy Madonna (1508) 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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Medium and techniques
Etching printed in brown ink
Measurements
37.2 x 24.4 cm (sheet of paper)
27.6 x 18.2 cm (image)
35.3 x 22.1 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 174, no. 169
Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) p. 242, no. 539E
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 254-257, no. 34
