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The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna'] c.1830-1872
Engraving with etching | 87.1 x 66.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851067
Eduard Mandel (1810-82)
The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels ['The Sistine Madonna'] c.1830-1872
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A print after the so-called Sistine Madonna, a painting by Raphael now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no.93). State before all letters, with the engraver's signature and publisher's blind stamp at lower right (not in Lugt). Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876).
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 (after 1876)
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Medium and techniques
Engraving with etching
Measurements
87.1 x 66.2 cm (sheet of paper)
69.4 x 51.4 cm (image)
87.0 x 62.1 cm (platemark)
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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.80 A.XL.4a(add)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