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Holy Family with St Elizabeth and St John the Baptist [‘The Madonna del Divino Amore’] published 25 March 1844
Etching and engraving | 85.7 x 60.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850911
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A print after a painting traditionally known as the Madonna del Divino Amore (c.1516), currently attributed to Raphael’s workshop and housed in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (inv. no.146). Lettered with ancient attribution of the painting to Raphael, title and production details. With the publisher’s blind stamp at lower left (not in Lugt). Not in Ruland (1876).
Showing the seated Virgin holding the blessing Christ Child on her legs, with St Elizabeth at her side and the Young St John the Baptist kneeling down on the left; St Joseph stands in the background to the left.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
85.7 x 60.5 cm (sheet of paper)
51.7 x 39.6 cm (image)
66.2 x 49.5 cm (platemark)
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.71 A.XXX.1a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 247-251, no. A8
Alternative title(s)
SAINTE FAMILLE dite À LA BÉNÉDICTION / "Nunc ego mitto te aperire oculos eorum."