The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna'] c.1800-1855
Engraving with etching | 52.7 x 39.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851071
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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). A photograph of the painting can be found at RCIN 851062.
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
Engraving with etching
Measurements
52.7 x 39.9 cm (sheet of paper)
39.8 x 29.6 cm (image)
48.5 x 35.1 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)
DIE MADONNA DES HEIL: SIXTUS.