Studies of the Virgin and Child, and studies of the Holy children c.1853-76
Albumen print | 15.1 x 22.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850865
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A photograph of a drawing by Cesare da Sesto (c.1510-15) now in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (RCIN 912563), formerly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. The sheet features several studies for a composition with the Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist. The sketches show similarities in composition to Raphael’s so-called Alba Madonna, 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).
Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
15.1 x 22.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Pedretti : Pedretti, C., 1982-7. The Drawings and Miscellaneous Papers of Leonardo da Vinci in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London and New York no. 308
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 82-88, no. 50