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Ferdinando Gregori (1743-1804)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Madonna della Seggiola’] dated 1768
Etching and engraving | 56.6 x 38.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850974
![The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`The Madonna della Seggiola?]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/c/3/743518-1521457271.jpg?itok=dGUzUUo9 "The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [`The Madonna della Seggiola?]")
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A print after the so-called Madonna della Seggiola, a circular painting by Raphael (c.1514) now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. no.151). Numbered at upper left: 3. Lettered with production details and dedication.
Showing the Virgin seated in a chair, holding the Christ Child on her knees and embracing Him with both arms while looking at the beholder, with the Infant Baptist standing behind at right and looking up with clasped hands; in a fictive frame.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Etching and engraving
Measurements
56.6 x 38.9 cm (sheet of paper)
43.7 x 34.3 cm (image)
56.5 x 38.7 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. 137-143, no. 57
