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Claude Louis Masquelier (1781-1852)
The Virgin and Child [‘The Colonna Madonna’] 1820
Etching and engraving | 33.4 x 25.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850817
![The Virgin and Child [`The Colonna Madonna?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/7/8/742595-1521028716.jpg?itok=dd9j1qVU "The Virgin and Child [`The Colonna Madonna?]")
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A engraving reproducing (in reverse) 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 right hand and supporting the Christ Child with her left 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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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
33.4 x 25.3 cm (sheet of paper)
26.4 x 19.5 cm (image)
30.5 x 22.0 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
Alternative title(s)
LA VIERGE / dite la Madonna del palazzo Colonna.
