Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536)
The Virgin and Child, with the Infant Baptist and an angel holding a crown c.1518-20
Engraving | 21.1 x 15.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851312
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A print thought to be after a lost design by Raphael. Only state. Signed on plate at upper left with monogram: AV.
The print shows the three-quarter length seated Virgin, holding the Christ Child on her knees with both hands, with the Infant Baptist standing at her side and presenting the Child with flowers; above is an angel holding a crown; in an interior with a curtain draped behind them and a building partially visible beyond.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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21.1 x 15.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.210, no.XLIII.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)
