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The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist c.1635-1655
Engraving with etching | 25.5 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851096
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A print reproducing a composition generally attributed to Raphael, for a very similar drawing of this subject attributed to the master survives in the Louvre (inv. no.3949); reproduced in reverse. Lettered with image at lower left: R.V.B.
It has been suggested that an original painting by Raphael with this composition was intended, but it may have never been executed or might have got lost.
Showing the full-length seated Virgin holding the Christ Child on her lap with both arms, with the crouched St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist presenting the Child with a bird on the right; in a landscape with a pyramid in the background.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving with etching
Measurements
25.5 x 21.2 cm (sheet of paper)
24.8 x 20.8 cm (image)
39.0 cm (Width) (platemark)