Elias Martin (1739-1818)
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist dated 1796
Stipple | 17.7 x 14.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851101
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A print after a painting by M. de Boijs (Mattheus Boys), based on a composition traditionally ascribed to Raphael, for a very similar drawing of this subject attributed to the master survives in the Louvre (inv. no.3949). Lettered with production details.
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 an interior with a window on the right.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
Stipple
Measurements
17.7 x 14.2 cm (sheet of paper)
15.0 x 12.5 cm (image)
16.5 x 13.5 cm (platemark)
Other number(s)
Alternative title(s)
MARIA och ELISABET.
