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After Raphael (1483-1520)
The Virgin and Child [‘The Colonna Madonna’] c.1853-76
Albumen print | 46.5 x 34.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850815
![The Virgin and Child [‘The Colonna Madonna’]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/3/e/742593-1521028696.jpg?itok=efuMaDbW "The Virgin and Child [‘The Colonna Madonna’]")
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A photograph of the so-called Colonna Madonna, a painting by Raphael (1507-08) now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. no.248).
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
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
46.5 x 34.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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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
