The Virgin suckling the Christ Child after 1853
Albumen print | 21.4 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851234
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the Musée Bonnat, Bayonne (inv. no.1715). Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). According to an undated annotation in the master copy of Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue kept in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, the drawing was then in the collection of Com. C. Guasti, Florence.
The photograph shows the full-length seated Virgin breast-feeding the Christ Child, who she holds on her lap.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
21.4 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.93 C.XXX.3a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.173, no.165r