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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      AFTER ANDREA SOLARIO (1460-1524)

      Studies of the head of a child

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | 23.8 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851303

      A photograph of a drawing formerly attributed to Raphael, now ascribed to Andrea Solario (c.1505-10) and part of the collection of the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.243v). This drawing is on the verso of a sheet depicting the head of a woman (see RCIN 854449 for a photograph of the recto).

      • Creator(s)

        After Andrea Solario (1460-1524) (artist)

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

      • 23.8 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Life of Christ
                • Infancy of Christ
                  • Christ Child
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