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After a work by the workshop of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family'] c.1860-76
Carbon print | 34.8 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851054
![The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family']](https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/b/b/743606-1521458092.jpg?itok=4Rr9Nz-x "The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family']")
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A photograph of the so-called Small Holy Family, a painting now in the Musée du Louvre (inv. no.605) generally attributed to the workshop of Raphael (probably Giulio Romano) after a design by the master (c.1518-19).
Showing the full-length Virgin supporting the Christ Child who stands on His cradle and reaches for the Infant Baptist, who is kneeling on St Elizabeth’s thighs and leans over towards the Child; in a landscape.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
34.8 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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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. 258-262, no. A11
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