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Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (1779-1857)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘La Belle Jardinière’] c.1800-1847
Etching and engraving | 56.6 x 38.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850795
![The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`La Belle Jardiniere?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/2/7/742570-1521028527.jpg?itok=-a8R4y7U "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`La Belle Jardiniere?]")
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An engraving after the so-called La Belle Jardinière, a painting by Raphael (1508) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.602). Lettered with the title and production details.
Showing the seated Virgin looking at the standing Child while supporting Him, with the Infant St John the Baptist kneeling down at her side holding a cross staff.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
56.6 x 38.5 cm (sheet of paper)
44.9 x 30.3 cm (image)
54.7 x 36.8 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. 157-263, no. 35
Alternative title(s)
LA VIERGE DITE LA BELLE JARDINIERE.
