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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      GAETANO BIANCHI (ACTIVE 18 C)

      Holy Family with Saints

      c.1800-1870

      Lithograph | 29.7 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851330

      A lithographic facsimile of a drawing attributed on plate to Raphael. According to the lettering below the image, the drawing was then in the collection of Marchese Alessandro Curti Lepri.

      The print shows the full-length Virgin, seated to right, holding the blessing Christ Child; before them is the Infant Baptist who kneels down while supported by St Elizabeth; St Joseph and another male holy figure look on; in an interior.

      • Creator(s)

        Gaetano Bianchi (active 18 C) (lithographer)

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

      • 29.7 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper)

        22.2 x 19.4 cm (image)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Devotional Images of Christ
                • Virgin & Child
                  • Virgin & Child with Saints
                    • Virgin & Child with Saints-Holy Family
              • Life of Christ
                • Infancy of Christ
                  • Christ Child
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