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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      AFTER A WORK IN THE STYLE OF POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO (C. 1499-1543)

      Studies of the Virgin and Child

      c.1860-76

      Carbon print | 11.8 x 12.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851346

      A photograph of a drawing in the style of Polidoro da Caravaggio now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice. Ruland (1876) suggested an attribution to Timoteo Viti. J.A. Gere ascribed it to Polidoro (see signed undated annotation on the mount).

      • Creator(s)

        After a work in the style of Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499-1543) (artist)

        After a work previously attributed to Timoteo Viti (1469-1523) (artist)

        Subject(s)

        Blessed Virgin Mary

      • 11.8 x 12.8 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Devotional Images of Christ
                • Virgin & Child
              • Life of Christ
                • Infancy of Christ
                  • Christ Child
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.102 D.XXXII.1

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