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Antonio Perfetti (1792-1872)
The Virgin and Child [‘The Large Cowper Madonna’] c.1812-1850
Engraving | 41.7 x 29.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850810
![The Virgin and Child [`The Large Cowper Madonna?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/a/0/742588-1521028658.jpg?itok=-kCa_Bug "The Virgin and Child [`The Large Cowper Madonna?]")
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An engraving after the so-called Large Cowper Madonna, a painting by Raphael (1508) now in the National Gallery, Washington DC (inv. no.25). Proof with some lettering and dedicatee's coat of arms.
Showing the seated Virgin holding the Child Christ on her lap, who grasps His mother’s bodice while looking at the viewer. Ruland catalogued the painting as being in the collection of the Earl Cowper, Penshanger, at that time.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
Engraving
Measurements
41.7 x 29.5 cm (sheet of paper)
26.0 x 18.1 cm (image)
36.7 x 25.2 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. 272-276, no. 39
