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Adolphe Braun (1812-77)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Garvagh Madonna’] 1860-1877
Carbon print | 53.3 x 44.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850881
![The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`The Garvagh Madonna?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/5/742658-1521029272.jpg?itok=tfYMWP3v "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`The Garvagh Madonna?]")
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A photograph of the so-called Garvagh Madonna (also known as Aldobrandini Madonna), a painting by Raphael (c.1509-10) now in the National Gallery, London (inv. no.NG 744). Laid down on Van Gelder watermarked paper. Not listed in Ruland (1876).
Showing the seated figure of the Virgin holding the Christ Child on her lap, who reaches for the carnation presented by the Infant Baptist who stands on the right; in an interior with view on landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
53.3 x 44.3 cm (sheet of paper)
37.4 x 31.0 cm (image)
Markings
watermark: N GELDER, with coat of arms
Other number(s)
Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.69 A.XXVII.3a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 73-76, no. 48
