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Holy Family with Saints ['The Holy Family with the Pomegranate'] c.1810-1856
Lithograph | 31.5 x 22.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851230
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A lithograph reproducing the so-called Holy Family with a Pomegranate, a painting by Domenico Alfani (1511) now in the Galleria Nazionale, Perugia. Numbered on plate: '110'. Plate no.110 from a-yet-unidentified set. The painting is based on a drawing which Raphael executed and presented to Domenico Alfani, currently housed in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (inv. no.458). Photographs of the painting can be found at RCINs 851228, 851229.
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; at left St Anne with the Infant Baptist; against a landscape background, with cherubs holding the dedication in the upper portion and surmounted by the Dove of the Holy Spirit.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Lithograph
Measurements
31.5 x 22.6 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
Alternative title(s)
TAVOLA DI DOMENICO DI PARIS ALFANI SCOLARE DI PIETRO, DOPPO UN DISEGNO DI RAFAEL, A' CARM. DI PERUGIA