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Peter Lightfoot (1805-85)
The Virgin and Child [‘The Colonna Madonna’] 1849
Etching and engraving | 40.0 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850814
![The Virgin and Child [`The Colonna Madonna?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/e/1/742592-1521028689.jpg?itok=ELRLwaiu "The Virgin and Child [`The Colonna Madonna?]")
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An engraving after the so-called Colonna Madonna, a painting by Raphael (1507-08) now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. no.248). Lettered with production details and the Printsellers' Association blind stamp in lower left margin.
Showing the Virgin holding a book in her left hand and supporting the Christ Child with her right arm, who sits on her lap and grasps her bodice while looking at the viewer; in a landscape.
According to Queen Victoria, the Colonna Madonna was Prince Albert's favourite painting by Raphael. He gave a porcelain copy of it to his wife as a present for Christmas 1858 (RCIN 404017); the back of plaque bears the inscription: “The Prince consort’s favorite picture 1861.”Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
40.0 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper)
24.4 x 19.0 cm (image)
36.3 x 27.8 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. 264-266, no. 36
