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After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520)
The Virgin and Child with a pomegranate c.1860-76
Carbon print | 40.3 x 29.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851201
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1504) currently housed in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.IV,4879). The drawing may be a cartoon for a probably never executed painting.
The photograph shows the half-length Virgin resting her left hand on an open book and presenting the naked Christ Child with a pomegranate which she holds in her right; set against a landscape background.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
40.3 x 29.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.149, no.68
