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The Virgin and Child with Holy Figures c.1853-76
Albumen print | 22.8 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850960
After a work copying Raphael (1483-1520)
The Virgin and Child with Holy Figures c.1853-76
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A photograph of a drawing now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.Pp,1.78) reproducing, in reverse and with differences, the composition of the so-called Madonna del Pesce, a painting by Raphael and his workshop (c.1513-4) currently in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (inv. no.297). A photograph of the painting can be found at RCIN 850952.
Showing the enthroned Virgin holding the Christ Child with both hands, with the Archangel Raphael presenting the young Tobias who kneels down while holding a fish on the right, and St Jerome with an open book and his lion on the left.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
22.8 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Italian Drawings [...] British Museum: Raphael and his circle: catalogue, 1962 / Philip Pouncey and J.A. Gere, London p.178
Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 117-123, no. 54
