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The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist dated 1785
Stipple engraving, printed in brown | 30.8 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850982
Bartolomé Vázquez (1749-1802)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist dated 1785
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A print after a painting then in the Royal Palace in Madrid, and reputed to be by Raphael himself. Lettered with production details. The painting freely adapts the composition of Raphael’s Madonna della Seggiola now in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. A photograph of the Madonna della Seggiola can be found at RCIN 850973.
Showing the Virgin seated in a chair, holding the Christ Child on her knees and embracing Him with both arms and looking at the beholder; on the right are an open book and a lamp.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Stipple engraving, printed in brown
Measurements
30.8 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper)
28.0 x 20.5 cm (image)
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