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Antoine Pierre Charles Favart (1784-1867)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist dated 1818
Etching | 25.2 x 19.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851271
Antoine Pierre Charles Favart (1784-1867)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist dated 1818
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A print after a drawing formerly attributed to Raphael now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.204); reproduced in reverse. The drawing is now regarded as a copy after a study by Raphael currently in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.162r). Signed, dated and numbered on plate: 'N.o.4'. A photograph of the Ashmolean drawing can be found at RCIN 851272.
The print shows the full-length Virgin, seated, bending over to the left and holding the Christ Child with both hands. The Child turns His head to the Infant Baptist who sits on the ground at left and holds a reed cross. A standing figure in the left background. The figures are set against an architectural background.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Etching
Measurements
25.2 x 19.8 cm (sheet of paper)
17.8 x 12.8 cm (image)
20.2 x 15.0 cm (platemark)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael in der Albertina 1983 : aus Anlass des 500. Geburtstages des Künstlers, Vienna 1983 pp.148-9, no.50
