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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      MICHEL CORNEILLE (ORLÉANS 1602-PARIS 1664)

      Holy Family with St Elizabeth

      c.1622-1654

      Engraving | 20.1 x 26.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851323

      A print reproducing a composition formerly associated with Raphael. Ruland (1876) described the print as a copy after an anonymous engraving in the style of Paolo Farinati (see Passavant, 1860, vol.II, E 26.b).

      The print shows St Elizabeth sitting next to the cradle, resting her head on her arm and looking at the Virgin who sits on the ground under a tree and holds the Christ Child on her knees, who embraces the Infant Baptist; in a landscape.

      • Creator(s)

        Michel Corneille (Orléans 1602-Paris 1664) (engraver)

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

      • 20.1 x 26.7 cm (sheet of paper)

      • 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
              • Life of Christ
                • Infancy of Christ
                  • Christ Child
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