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Adolphe Braun (1812-77)
The Virgin and Child [‘The Bridgewater Madonna’] 1860-1877
Carbon print | 46.2 x 32.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850895
![The Virgin and Child [`The Bridgewater Madonna?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/2/743437-1521457052.jpg?itok=ldEVTEb7 "The Virgin and Child [`The Bridgewater Madonna?]")
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A photograph of the so-called Bridgewater Madonna, a painting by Raphael (c.1507) currently on loan to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (inv. no.NGL 065.46), from the Duke of Sutherland Collection. Ruland (1876) catalogued the painting as being then in the Bridgewater Gallery in London, property of the Earl of Ellesmere. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876).
Showing the seated Virgin looking at the Infant Christ who lies across on her lap and turns His head back while grasping her veil; in an interior.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
46.2 x 32.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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.70 A.XXIX.1b(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael. The Pursuit of Perfection 1994 : Raphael. The Pursuit of Perfection, National Galleries of Scotland, 1994 p.69, no.27 (entry by A. Weston-Lewis)
