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Friedrich Müller (1782-1816)
The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna'] c.1802-1806
Engraving with etching | 86.9 x 65.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851061
![The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/3/b/743613-1521458110.jpg?itok=HkkepVPb "The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna']")
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A print after the so-called Sistine Madonna, a painting by Raphael (c.1512-13) now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no.93). Lettered state, with dedicatee's coat of arms.
Showing the full-length Virgin standing on clouds and holding the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by St Pope Sixtus on the left and St Barbara on the right, with two upward-looking winged cherubs at lower centre; the composition is framed by open curtains.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving with etching
Measurements
86.9 x 65.8 cm (sheet of paper)
64.8 x 49.6 cm (image)
75.9 x 55.0 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. 107-116, no. 53
Alternative title(s)
LA MADONNA DI S. SISTO DI RAFAELLO.
