The Virgin and Child published 1858
Etching with tone plate | 19.2 x 11.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851151
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A print after a fresco previously ascribed to Giovanni Santi, but now generally attributed to Raphael. According to the lettering below the image, the fresco was then in Raphael's birth house in Urbino, where it continues to be housed today. Published in J.D. Passavant, Rafael Von Urbino Und Sein Vater Giovanni Santi, 1858, vol. 3, plate no. XIV.
Showing the three-quarter length Virgin, seated half-turned to the left, holding the asleep Christ Child on her lap, with a book resting on a stand at left.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
Etching with tone plate
Measurements
19.2 x 11.8 cm (sheet of paper)
13.1 x 9.6 cm (image)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raffaello e Urbino 2009 : Raffaello e Urbino. La formazione giovanile e i rapporti con la città natale / a cura di Lorenza Mochi Onori, Milan, 2009. p.158, under no.27
Alternative title(s)
MADONNA IM HAUSE RAFAELS / IN URBINO.