After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The Virgin and Child reading a book published 1803
Etching | 8.1 x 6.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851194
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An outline-etching reproducing a drawing by Raphael (c.1502-03) currently housed in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.152a). Trimmed along all edges. Published in Published in C.P. Landon, Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio, 1803, plate no.228. A photograph of the original drawing at RCIN 851193.
The print shows the half-length Virgin supporting the Christ Child with her right hand, who sits on a parapet and reaches for the book held by His mother, with view of landscape beyond.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
8.1 x 6.1 cm (sheet of paper)
7.5 x 5.7 cm (image)