Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1659-1741)
Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist under an Oak Tree [‘The Madonna della Quercia’] c.1679-1731
Engraving | 50.7 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850997
![Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist under an Oak Tree [`The Madonna della Quercia?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/e/7/743541-1521457338.jpg?itok=xRNf_vw1 "Holy Family with the Young John the Baptist under an Oak Tree [`The Madonna della Quercia?]")
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A reversed engraving after the so-called Madonna della Quercia, a painting attributed to Raphael and his workshop (c.1518-19) now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (inv. no.303) generally reputed to be after a design by the master. Second state.
Showing the full length Virgin seating under an oak tree, holding the Christ Child on her right knee, who reaches for the scroll held by the Young John the Baptist who stands at right, with St Joseph resting on a sculpted fragment at left and looking on; in a landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
50.7 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper)
47.4 x 33.9 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. 190-194, no. 65
Alternative title(s)
Ecce Maria gènuit nobis Salvatorem, quem Joannes videns exclamavit, dicens: / Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccata mundi
Place of Production
Rome [Lazio]
