The Virgin and Child c.1860-76
Carbon print, on coloured paper | 20.7 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851204
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A photograph of a drawing currently in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.498E). Formerly attributed to Raphael, the drawing is now thought to be a copy after a lost original study by Raphael.
Other copies of the same composition with the addition of the Infant Baptist are in the British Museum, London (inv. nos.Ff.I-38 and 1895-9-15-626). Another very similar drawing - catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of the 'Academy at Milan' - is currently untraced (see RCIN 851206).
The photograph shows the full-length Virgin, seated almost in profile to left, holding the naked Christ Child on her lap.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Creator(s)
After a work previously attributed to (artist) -
Medium and techniques
Carbon print, on coloured paper
Measurements
20.7 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); vol.1; pp.45-6, under no.58
Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) pp.224-5, no.498E