The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist c.1530-1551

Engraving with etching | 24.7 x 37.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851327

Giovanni Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561)

Description

A print reproducing a composition formerly associated with Raphael. Late state with engraver's name on plate at lower centre, and mysterious lettering just above: W˚ 21. Not described in Bartsch.

The print shows the full-length Virgin seating on the ground and holding the Christ Child on her lap, with the Infant Baptist seating at left under a tree.

Provenance

Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Giovanni Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561)
(engraver)

Search the collection Giovanni Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561)
(printmaker)

After a work previously attributed to
Search the collection Raphael (1483-1520)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Blessed Virgin Mary
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Engraving with etching

engraving, etching

Measurements

24.7 x 37.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Devotional Images of Christ
Virgin & Child
Life of Christ
Infancy of Christ
Christ Child
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.100 D.XV.1

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