The Virgin and Child with Angels and Saints [‘The Madonna di Foligno’] c.1853-76
Albumen print | 56.2 x 37.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850929
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A photograph of the so-called Madonna di Foligno, an arch-topped painting by Raphael (c.1512) now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City (inv. no.329).
Showing the Virgin sitting on clouds and supporting the Christ Child, surrounded by angels, while being worshipped by St John the Baptist and St Francis (lower left), and St Jerome and the donor Sigismondo dei Conti (lower right), who kneels down with clasped hands; an angel holding a blank tablet stands at lower centre; in a landscape.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Albumen print
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56.2 x 37.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 98-106, no. 52