Anonymous, 16th century
Holy Family with the Basin ['Madonna del Catino'] c.1530-1600
Etching | 28.2 x 27.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851172
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A print reproducing a composition often attributed to Raphael and related to the so-called Madonna mit dem Becken (Madonna del Catino), a painting by Giulio Romano (c.1525) currently housed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no. 103). First state. The printmaker has been associated with the School of Fontainebleau.
For a print of the same subject by Giovanni Battista del Moro (although with some differences and in reverse), see RCIN 812273.
The print shows the full-length kneeling Virgin, bathing the Christ Child who turns towards the Infant Baptist who pours water over Him from a jug, with St Anne holding a cloth next to a fire at right; in an interior.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
Measurements
28.2 x 27.1 cm (sheet of paper)