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Martin Frey (1769-1831)
The Virgin and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist [‘Madonna del Velo’] c.1789-1821
Etching and engraving | 50.1 x 38.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850787
![The Virgin and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist [`Madonna del Velo?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/a/7/742562-1521028468.jpg?itok=BTBN0xtc "The Virgin and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist [`Madonna del Velo?]")
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An engraving after a painting when in the possession of the Prince d’Esterhazy, Pottendorf now in the Sźepmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest (inv. no.160).
The painting is one of a number reproducing a composition traditionally known as the Madonna del Velo, the original version of which (currently untraced) is thought to have been painted by Raphael’s workshop after a design by the master dating c.1510-12 (see Bibliographic References).
Showing the Christ Child sleeping on the left; the Virgin looks at Him while lifting the veil over His head with her right hand and supporting the Infant Baptist with her left, who points at the Child; in a landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
50.1 x 38.1 cm (sheet of paper)
31.7 x 31.5 cm (image)
42.2 x 35.7 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 278-279, no. A17
