Adolphe Braun (1812-77)
The Virgin and Child [detail from the ‘The Madonna del Pesce’] 1860-1877
Carbon print | 48.9 x 38.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850953
![The Virgin and Child [detail from the `The Madonna del Pesce?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/2/1/743497-1521457213.jpg?itok=9z5wyw5m "The Virgin and Child [detail from the `The Madonna del Pesce?]")
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A photograph of the central portion of the so-called Madonna del Pesce, a painting by Raphael and his workshop (c.1513-14) now housed in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (inv. no.297). On Arches watermarked paper. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). For a photograph of the whole picture, see RCIN 850952
Showing the seated Virgin gazing down to the left while holding the Christ Child with his left arm resting on an open book and his left one stretched out.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
48.9 x 38.0 cm (sheet of paper)
47.0 x 36.8 cm (image)
Markings
watermark: ARCHES
Other number(s)
Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.74 A.XXXII.7a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 117123, no. 54
