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Marco Dente Da Ravenna (1486-1527)
The Virgin reading with the Child c.1500-1527
Engraving | 18.7 x 14.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851281
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A print reproducing the composition of a drawing by Raphael (c.1512-3) now in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.728). Laid down on a backing sheet. In his Raphael Collection catalogue (1876), Ruland attributed the print to an anonymous artist of the school of Marcantonio Raimondi. A photograph of the original drawing by Raphael can be found at RCIN 851282.
The photograph shows the full-length Virgin, seated on a chair, in profile to the right, holding a book and supporting the Young Christ who stands by her side and looks at the beholder; in an interior.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
Previously attributed to the school of (engraver) -
Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
18.7 x 14.3 cm (sheet of paper)
18.6 x 14.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.196, no.XXV.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)
