Holy Family with the Infant Baptist [‘The Madonna della Rosa’] c.1630-1660
Engraving | 36.3 x 26.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851105
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A print reproducing the composition of the so-called Madonna della Rosa, a painting now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (inv. no.302) generally attributed to Raphael and his workshop (c.1517-18). Trimmed along all edges and laid down on thin paper. Lettered with Latin text and dedicatee’s coat of arms. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). Another impression of this plate (trimmed along image borders) can be found at RCIN 851104.
Showing the seated Virgin supporting the Christ Child with both hands, with St Joseph and the Infant Baptist presenting the Child with an inscribed roll on the left; in an interior.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Engraving
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36.3 x 26.8 cm (sheet of paper)
33.2 x 26.7 cm (image)
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Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.83 A.XLVI.2a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 178-182, no. 63