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Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856)
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist published 1 June 1809
Etching, printed in brown ink, with tone plate | 54.3 x 41.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851099
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A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507) now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 912738). Lettered with production details. Included in Original Designs of the Most Celebrated Masters of the Bolognese, Roman Florentine and Venetian Schools ... in His Majesty's collection, London 1812, plate XLIX.
The drawing connects with a sheet attributed to Raphael currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3949). The two drawings show similarity in composition with The Canigiani Holy Family, a painting by Raphael now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (inv. no.WA 476). It has been suggested that the two drawings may be either preparatory studies for a – lost or never executed - composition, or independent developments from The Canigiani Holy Family. A photograph of the Canigiani Holy Family can be found at RCIN 850756.
Showing the full-length seated Virgin supporting the standing Christ Child who leans backwards, with the crouched St Elizabeth supporting the Infant Christ on the left; in a landscape.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching, printed in brown ink, with tone plate
Measurements
54.3 x 41.2 cm (sheet of paper)
23.1 x 17.9 cm (image)
34.9 x 26.1 cm (platemark)
Markings
annotation: 49 [front, lower right, in pencil]
Other number(s)
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.82 A.XLV.4a(add)Bibliographic reference(s)
P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London no. 0790
