The Virgin and Child published 1803
Etching | 8.6 x 6.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851258
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An outline-etching after a drawing by Raphael (c.1509-11) currently in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.455). Trimmed along all edges. Published in C.P. Landon, Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio, 1803, plate 228. A photograph of the original drawing can be found at RCIN 851257.
The drawing has been associated with a number of Virgin and Child compositions painted by Raphael between 1507 and 1512, including the so-called Garvagh Madonna (see RCIN 850880).
The photograph shows the three-quarter length Virgin, seated, holding the Christ Child on her lap, who reaches for His mother's veil with His left hand while looking up at her.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
8.6 x 6.0 cm (sheet of paper)
7.6 x 5.6 cm (image)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.200, no.269v
Brejon de Lavergnée 1997 : Brejon de Lavergnée, B, 1997. Catalogue des dessins Italiens. Collections du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Paris p.189, no.539v