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Benjamin Smith (d. 1833)

The Virgin Mary with Clasped Hands [detail from ‘The Madonna del Divino Amore’] c.1790-1833

Stipple | 35.5 x 25.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850923

The Virgin Mary with Clasped Hands [detail from `The Madonna del Divino Amore?]

Benjamin Smith (d. 1833)

The Virgin Mary with Clasped Hands [detail from `The Madonna del Divino Amore?] c.1790-1833

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Description

A reversed stipple reproducing the upper portion of the figure of the Virgin Mary from the so-called Madonna del Divino Amore (c.1516), a painting currently attributed to Raphael’s workshop and now in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (inv. no.146).

Provenance

Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Benjamin Smith (d. 1833)
(engraver)

After a work by the workshop of
Search the collection Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
(artist)

After a work previously attributed to
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(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Blessed Virgin Mary
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Stipple

stipple

Measurements

35.5 x 25.3 cm (sheet of paper)

34.8 x 24.7 cm (image)
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Object type(s)
visual works
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References

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.72 A.XXX.12

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

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