De Poilly
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family'] c.1650-1750
Engraving | 36.6 x 34.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851057
![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/1/743609-1521458099.jpg?itok=JwGgYrr- "The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist ['The Small Holy Family']")
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A print reproducing (in reverse) the composition 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). The composition has been adapted to a circular format. Lettered within image with publication details. 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 parapet surmounted by a canopy.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
36.6 x 34.3 cm (sheet of paper)
36.2 x 34.0 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. 258-262, no. A11
