The Virgin reading with the Child published 1829
Etching | 20.0 x 14.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851284
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A print reproducing (in reverse) the composition of a drawing by Raphael (c.1512) currently in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.728). Signed with monogram at lower right. Published in Denon, Monuments dews Arts due Dessins, Paris 1829.
The print shows the full-length Virgin, seated on a chair, in profile to the left, holding a book and supporting the Young Christ who stands by her side and looks at the beholder; in an interior.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
20.0 x 14.8 cm (sheet of paper)
19.1 x 14.2 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: 281 [front, lower centre, in pencil]
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.183, no.A 38.3