Moritz Steinla (1791-1858)
The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna'] c.1811-1848
Etching and engraving | 87.0 x 65.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851066
![The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/f/5/743617-1521458121.jpg?itok=ms5tOnyp "The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna']")
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A print after the so-called Sistine Madonna, a painting by Raphael now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no.93). Lettered state, with production details and title. With the publisher's blind stamp at lower centre (not in Lugt).
Showing the full-length Virgin standing on clouds and holding the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by St Pope Sixtus on the left and St Barbara on the right, with two upward-looking winged cherubs at lower centre; the composition is framed by open curtains.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
87.0 x 65.8 cm (sheet of paper)
67.8 x 50.0 cm (image)
80.3 x 59.0 cm (platemark)
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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. 107-116, no. 53
Alternative title(s)
S. S. VIRGO SIXTINA.
