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Noel François Bertrand (1784-1852)
The Virgin holding the Hand of the Christ Child c.1804-1842
Coloured stipple | 54.9 x 43.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851177
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A print probably reproducing a detail from a larger composition attributed on plate to Raphael and described as being then in the collection of Mr Legras at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. According to the lettering below the image, the painting was known as La Vierge a la Pensée. Lettered with production details. The complete composition - which Ruland (1876) attributed to Bernard van Orley - is known through a print by Desnoyers. See RCIN 851176.
The print shows the seated Virgin, three-quarter to the left, holding some flowers with her left hand anf the hand of a Child (the Infant Jesus) with her right.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Coloured stipple
Measurements
54.9 x 43.2 cm (sheet of paper)
52.4 x 40.8 cm (platemark)
Other number(s)
Alternative title(s)
S.TE VIERGE.
