The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Madonna of the Blue Diadem’] dated 1805
Etching and engraving | 40.5 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850890
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A print after the so-called Madonna of the Blue Diadem, a painting generally attributed to Raphael’s workshop (possibly G.F. Penni or Giulio Romano) housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no. 603). Lettered with ancient attribution of the painting to Raphael.
Showing the Virgin lifting a veil over the sleeping Christ Child with the Infant Baptist kneeling down in adoration on the right; in a landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
40.5 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper)
35.6 x 23.9 cm (image)
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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. 251-254, no. A9