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Elisha Kirkall (?1682-1742)
Holy Family with St Anne dated 1724
Mezzotint and etching printed in brown ink, over an ochre woodcut tone block | 29.1 x 35.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851321
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A print after a drawing currently housed in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.90), formerly ascribed to Raphael and now generally attributed to Giulio Romano. Lettered with production details and old attribution to Raphael. Ruland (1876) attributed the drawing to Andrea del Sarto. Two photographs of the original drawing can be found at RCINs 851319, 851320.
The print shows the Virgin sitting on the lap of St Anne, while supporting the Christ Child on her knees with both hands; the Child reaches for St Joseph who leans over a wheeled walking frame at left.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Mezzotint and etching printed in brown ink, over an ochre woodcut tone block
Measurements
29.1 x 35.6 cm (sheet of paper)
28.2 x 35.2 cm (image)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999 p.254
Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.184, no.A 39.1
