Gerolamo Imperiale (d. 1639?)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Garvagh Madonna’] c.1600-1640
Etching | 20.2 x 16.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850882
![The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`The Garvagh Madonna?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/e/f/742659-1521029280.jpg?itok=TjZHVC0o "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`The Garvagh Madonna?]")
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A reversed etching after the so-called Garvagh Madonna (also known as Aldobrandini Madonna), a painting by Raphael (c.1509-10) now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no.NG 744). See RCIN 850881 for a photograph of it.
Showing the seated figure of the Virgin holding the Christ Child on her lap, who reaches for the carnation presented by the Infant Baptist who stands on the left; in an interior with view on landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
20.2 x 16.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 73-76, no. 48
