Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio (c. 1500-65)
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family'] c.1530-60
Engraving | 30.6 x 22.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851056
![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/4/5/743608-1521458095.jpg?itok=KjQWrJuQ "The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family']")
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An engraving reproducing the figures from 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). Second state. Lettered within image at lower left: R / IACOBUS VERONESIS F. A photograph of the Small Holy Family 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; before a wall.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
Engraving
Measurements
30.6 x 22.2 cm (sheet of paper)
30.2 x 21.8 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Massari 1993 : Massari, S, 1993. Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit : Opere grafiche autografe di collaborazione e bottega, Rome pp. 62-3, no. 53
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 258-262, no. A11
