The Virgin holding the blessing Christ Child c.1853-76
Albumen print | 22.9 x 16.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851199
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A photograph of a drawing by an artist from the the circle of Perugino, formerly attributed to Raphael; part of the Libretto Veneziano now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice (f.24r).
The photograph shows the half-length Virgin supporting the naked Christ Child with both hands, who stands on a parapet looking down, with His right hand raised in blessing.
This drawing is part of the so-called Libretto di Raffaello or Libretto Veneziano, 53 sheets that used to be mounted in a volume. After complicated negotiations, the sketchbook was bought by the Accademia in the 1820s, after the death of Giuseppe Bossi, who was its previous owner. A number of scholars debated the author of the drawings (with many names proposed, such as Pinturicchio, Antonio da Viterbo, Eusebio del Giorgio, Girolamo Genga) and their date. In 1984, the drawings were catalogued as by an artist contemporary to Raphael, whose juvenile works he copied in this sketchbook (see Bibliographic References).Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Albumen print
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22.9 x 16.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Gallerie dell' Accademia di Venezia : catalogo dei disegni antichi. v. S. Ferino Pagden, Disegni umbri (1984); p.79, no.23