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After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘La Belle Jardinière’] c.1860-76

Carbon print | 50.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850796

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`La Belle Jardiniere?]

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`La Belle Jardiniere?] c.1860-76

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Description

A photograph of the so-called La Belle Jardinière, a painting by Raphael (1508) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.602).

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

Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
People involved

Creator(s)

After
Search the collection Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
(artist)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Carbon print

carbon print

Measurements

50.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet of paper)

47.2 cm (Width) x 30.9 cm (Depth) (image)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Devotional Images of Christ
Virgin & Child
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.65 A.XIX.2

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

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