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The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist c.1860-76
Carbon print | 23.8 x 17.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850800
After Raphael (1483-1520)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist c.1860-76
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507) now in the Musée Condé, Chantilly (inv.no.61(53)). The drawing is a preparatory study for Raphael's so-called La Belle Jardinière (1508) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.602; see RCIN 850796 for a photograph of it).
Showing the seated Virgin looking at the Infant Baptist who holds a lamb and a cross staff, and kneels down before the Christ Child, who is being supported by His mother.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
23.8 x 17.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Peronnet 1997 : Peronnet, B, 1997. Dessins italiens du Musee Conde a Chantilly II. Raphael et son cercle, Paris pp. 43-46, no. 4
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 162, no. 121
Capellen 2001 : Capellen, JM, 2001. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 1, The Beginning in Umbria and Florence ca.1500-1508 pp. 157-263, no. 35
