Studies of a Virgin and Child after 1853
Albumen print | 17.4 x 8.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851241
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) currently in the Musée Bonnat, Bayonne (inv. no.1713). Not included in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). An undated annotation in the master copy of Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue kept in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle records the drawing as being in the collection of Com. C. Guasti, Florence.
The photograph shows the full-length seated Virgin suckling the Christ Child, whom she holds on her knees; a study of the Child alone and a study of the head of the Virgin at upper left.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
17.4 x 8.7 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.94 C.XXXIII.5(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.172, no.162r