Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (1779-1857)
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family'] dated 1830
Etching and engraving | 57.1 x 44.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851055
![The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/b/2/743607-1521458094.jpg?itok=Q6eGrvY5 "The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family']")
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A print after 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). Stamped with the engraver's mark at lower left corner (Lugt 102). A photograph of the painting can be found at RCIN 851054.
Showing the full-length seated 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
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
57.1 x 44.1 cm (sheet of paper)
40.6 x 29.7 cm (image)
50.8 x 36.8 cm (platemark)
Other number(s)
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
Alternative title(s)
LA VIERGE AU BERCEAU.
