The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Saints c.1853-76
Albumen print | 26.4 x 22.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850837
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.733). Ruland's suggestion that the drawing may be Raphael’s original preparatory study for his so-called Madonna del Baldacchino (c.1507-08) in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.1912, no.165; see RCIN 850829 for a photograph of it) is now generally accepted.
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.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Albumen print
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26.4 x 22.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 176, no. 176
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 276-281, no. 40