Bénedict Alphonse Nicollet (1743-1806)
The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Saints [‘The Madonna del Baldacchino’] c.1763-1796
Etching | 37.2 x 27.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850832
![The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Saints [`The Madonna del Baldacchino?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/f/2/742610-1521028838.jpg?itok=89uHYa5j "The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Saints [`The Madonna del Baldacchino?]")
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A print after the so-called Madonna del Baldacchino, a painting by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165). Lettered with production details.
Showing the Virgin and Child seated on a throne surmounted by a canopy, the drapes of which are held back by two flying angels; flanked by Saints Peter and Bruno on the left, and Saints Augustine and James on the right, with two angels in front of the throne; in an architectural setting.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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37.2 x 27.0 cm (sheet of paper)
31.3 x 24.5 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. 276-281, no. 40
