Adolfo Fioroni (c.1800-after 1824)
The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist before 1829
Etching and engraving | 60.1 x 42.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851082
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A print after the Holy Family with the Infant Baptist, a painting now in the Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna (inv. no.630) generally attributed to the workshop of Raphael after a design by the master (c.1518). Lettered with production details, dedication and dedicatee's coat of arms. With a blind stamp in the lower right corner (possibly the publisher's blind stamp; not in Lugt).
Showing the kneeling Virgin supporting the Christ Child on her thighs with both hands; the Child reaches for the Infant Baptist, who kneels down on the left with his left arm being grabbed by St Joseph, who stands behind the group holding the bridle of a donkey; in a landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
60.1 x 42.3 cm (sheet of paper)
42.0 x 31.2 cm (image)
54.2 x 36.5 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. 275-277, no. A16
Alternative title(s)
RIPOSO IN EGITTO
