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Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (1779-1857)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Madonna of the Blue Diadem’] c.1800-1847
Etching and engraving | 51.9 x 38.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850888
![The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`The Madonna of the Blue Diadem?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/7/742664-1521029322.jpg?itok=afNKSLla "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`The Madonna of the Blue Diadem?]")
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A print after so-called Madonna of the Blue Diadem, a painting generally attributed to Raphael’s workshop (possibly G.F. Penni or Giulio Romano) housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no. 603). Lettered with the title and production details. As lettered on the print, the painting was formerly attributed to Raphael. With the engraver's stamp in the lower left corner (Lugt 102).
Showing the Virgin lifting a veil over the sleeping Christ Child with the Infant Baptist kneeling down in adoration on the right; in a landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
(printer)After a work previously attributed to (artist) -
Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
51.9 x 38.3 cm (sheet of paper)
41.1 x 29.6 cm (image)
50.7 x 36.8 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 251-254, no. A9
Alternative title(s)
LA VIERGE AU LINGE
