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After Domenico Alfani (c. 1480-after 1553)
Holy Family with Saints ['The Holy Family with the Pomegranate'] c.1853-76
Albumen print | 21.8 x 14.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851228
![Holy Family with Saints ['The Holy Family with the Pomegranate']](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/a/743827-1521459086.jpg?itok=Gh9JAgTI "Holy Family with Saints ['The Holy Family with the Pomegranate']")
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A photograph of the so-called Holy Family with a Pomegranate, a painting by Domenico Alfani (1511) now in the Galleria Nazionale, Perugia. The painting is based on a drawing which Raphael executed and presented to Domenico Alfani currently in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.458). A photograph of Raphael's drawing at RCIN 851226.
The photograph shows the full-length seated Virgin, supporting the naked Christ Child who reaches for a pomegranate presented to Him by St Joseph; St Joachim is behind the Holy Family at right, and St Anne stands at left, with the Infant Baptist in the left foreground and looking at the beholder; set against a landscape background, with cherubs holding the dedication in the upper portion and surmounted by the Dove of the Holy Spirit.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
21.8 x 14.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael et l'art francais 1983-84 : Hommage a Raphael. Raphael et l'art francais (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 novembre 1983-13 fevrier 1984) pp.223-4, under no.54, fig.75
