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Jacques Chereau (1688-1776)
Holy Family [‘Madonna with Beardless St Joseph’] published 1729
Engraving | 35.3 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850736
![Holy Family [`Madonna with Beardless St Joseph?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/7/c/741609-1520337647.jpg?itok=LJBBWe2K "Holy Family [`Madonna with Beardless St Joseph?]")
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A reversed engraving after the so-called Madonna with Beardless St Joseph, a painting by Raphael (c.1506-07) now in the Hermitage, St Petersburg (inv. no.GS 91). As indicated by the inscription below the image, the painting was then in the collection of Pierre Crozat. Lettered with the title and production details. Published in Recueil de Crozat, 1729, I, 30. See RCIN 850735 for a photograph of the painting.
Showing the seated Virgin holding the Christ Child on her lap and looking at the beardless St Joseph who stands on the right with his hands resting on a stick; in an architectural interior with a view on a landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
35.3 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper)
30.4 x 24.3 cm (image)
35.3 x 25.2 cm (platemark)
Other number(s)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 225-227, no. 29
Alternative title(s)
La Sainte Vierge
