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The Virgin reading with the Child c.1853-76
Albumen print | 19.0 x 14.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851282
After Raphael (1483-1520)
The Virgin reading with the Child c.1853-76
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1512) currently in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.728). The drawing was reproduced in an engraving by Marco Dente da Ravenna, an impression of which can be found at RCIN 851281.
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
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
19.0 x 14.0 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.213, no.320
Jacoby/Sonnabend 2012: edited by J. Jacoby and M. Sonnabend, Frankfurt/Main 2012 p.36, fig.24
