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Lucas Vorsterman (1595-1675)
The Virgin and Child with St Anne and the Young St John c.1605-1665
Engraving | 36.0 x 27.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851008
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A reversed engraving reproducing the central group from the so-called La Perla, a painting now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (inv. no.301) generally attributed to Giulio Romano (c.1518-19), possibly after a design by Raphael. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876).
Showing the full-length Virgin supporting the Christ Child and resting her right hand on the shoulder of St Anne, with the young John the Baptist approaching the group on the right offering fruit; in an interior.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
36.0 x 27.6 cm (sheet of paper)
34.4 x 27.4 cm (platemark)
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.76 A.XXXVII.8a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 183-189, no. 64
Alternative title(s)
Veniat Dilectus meus in hortum Suum, Et commedat fructum pomorum Suorum.
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