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Karl Russ (1779-1843)
Holy Family with St Anne and the Infant Baptist [‘The Canigiani Holy Family’] c.1800-1833
Aquatint | 35.0 x 24.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850759
![Holy Family with St Anne and the Infant Baptist [`The Canigiani Holy Family?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/f/9/742534-1521028226.jpg?itok=HPOtDcOo "Holy Family with St Anne and the Infant Baptist [`The Canigiani Holy Family?]")
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An aquatint reproducing (in reverse) the composition of the Canigiani Holy Family, a painting by Raphael (c.1506-07) now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (inv. no.WA 476). See RCIN 850756 for a photograph of the painting.
Showing the Virgin supporting the Christ Child on her knees, who leans forward to the Infant Baptist held by St Elizabeth, with St Joseph standing behind them and supporting himself with a stick; in a landscape with five angels above.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
Aquatint
Measurements
35.0 x 24.4 cm (sheet of paper)
26.3 x 19.7 cm (image)
34.7 x 24.6 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 227-232, no. 30
