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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARDINO PINTURICCHIO (C. 1452-1513)

      A study of the bust of the Virgin

      c.1860-76

      Carbon print | 21.6 x 16.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851301

      A photograph of a pricked drawing now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.504E). The attribution of the drawing is still disputed, with some scholars suggesting Bernardino Pinturicchio (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986, no.504E) and some others Perugino (Ferino Pagden 1982, no.51). The drawing has been long attributed to Raphael.

      The photograph shows the bust of the Virgin, turned three-quarters to the left, with the eyes cast down and the hands clasped in prayer.

      • Creator(s)

        After a work attributed to Bernardino Pinturicchio (c. 1452-1513) (artist)

        After a work attributed to Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c. 1450-Fontignano 1523) (artist)

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

        Subject(s)

        Blessed Virgin Mary

      • 21.6 x 16.6 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

      • Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Ferino Pagden 1982 : Disegni Umbri del Rinascimento da Perugino a Raffaello, 1982 / catalogo della mostra a cura di Sylvia Ferino Pagden, Città di Castello p.83, no.51

        Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) pp.226-7, no.504E

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.98 C.LVI.1

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