Manuel Esquivel de Sotomayor (1777-after 1842)
The Virgin and Child with Saints [‘The Madonna dell’Impannata’] dated 1825
Engraving | 55.9 x 45.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851075
![The Virgin and Child with Saints [`The Madonna dell?Impannata?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/5/743628-1521458148.jpg?itok=37nnqc64 "The Virgin and Child with Saints [`The Madonna dell?Impannata?]")
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A print after the so-called Madonna dell’Impannata, a painting generally attributed to Raphael's workshop after a design by the master (c.1513-16) now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.94). Lettered state with production details and title. Annotated in pencil at lower right.
Showing the standing Virgin receiving the Christ Child from St Elizabeth (?) who is seating alongside a female saint on the left, with the young John the Baptist pointing at the Child on the right; in an interior, with a window in the right background.
Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1823-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
55.9 x 45.8 cm (sheet of paper)
38.2 x 30.9 cm (image)
50.4 x 40.5 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: M.'E.'S.' [front, lower right, in pencil. Most probably the initials of the engraver]
Other number(s)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 144-149, no. 58
Alternative title(s)
MADONNA DETTA DELL'IMPANNATA
