John and Charles Watkins (active 1860s)
The Virgin and Child c.1876-1886
Albumen print | 54.0 x 42.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850847
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A photograph of a cartoon by Raphael (c.1509-11) now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1894,0721.1), executed for the so-called Mackintosh Madonna, a painting now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no.NG 2069). In Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876), the cartoon was described as being then in the possession of Col. Sterling (of Glentyan), who presented this photograph to the Royal Library in 1886. Not listed in Ruland (1876).
Showing the half-length seated figure of the Virgin supporting the Christ Child with both hands, who stands on a parapet while putting His arm around His mother’s neck and looking to the right.Provenance
Presented to the Royal Library by Col. Sterling in 1886; added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
54.0 x 42.8 cm (sheet of paper)
25.0 x 19.4 cm (image)
Other number(s)
Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.68 A.XXIV.8a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London pp. 22-23, no. 26
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 202, no. 277
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 77-81, no. 49
