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Giovanni Battista Angolo del Moro (c. 1514-c. 1573)
The Virgin bathing the Christ Child with the Infant Baptist and St Anne c.1514-1565
Etching | 35.0 x 24.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851173
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A print reproducing a composition often attributed to Raphael, related to the so-called Madonna mit dem Becken (Madonna del Catino), a painting by Giulio Romano (c.1525) currently housed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. no.103). Only state.
A 16th-century anonymous print of the same composition (although with some differences and in reverse) can be found at RCIN 812272.
The print shows the full-length kneeling Virgin, bathing the Christ Child who turns towards the Infant Baptist who pours water over Him from a jug, with St Anne holding a cloth next to a fire at left; in an interior.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
35.0 x 24.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.210, no.XLII.4 (entry by Stefania Massari)
