The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist c.1860-76
Carbon print | 20.2 x 16.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850862
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A photograph of a drawing now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.199), corresponding in composition with Rapahel's so-called Alba Madonna (c.1509-11), a painting now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (inv. no.1937.1.24; see RCIN 850853.a for a photograph of the painting).
Showing the Virgin seating on the ground and holding the Christ Child on her right leg, who reaches for the cross-staff held by the Infant Baptist who kneels down on the left; in an oval.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
20.2 x 16.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael in der Albertina 1983 : aus Anlass des 500. Geburtstages des Künstlers, Vienna 1983 pp.166-7, no.58