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The Virgin and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist [‘Madonna del Velo’] c.1810-1837
Stipple engraving | 47.3 x 35.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850789
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An engraving 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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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Stipple engraving
Measurements
47.3 x 35.3 cm (sheet of paper)
32.1 x 24.2 cm (image)
42.6 x 31.2 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
Alternative title(s)
LE SOMMEIL DE L'ENFANT-JÉSUS.