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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      AFTER A WORK BY A FOLLOWER OF RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

      Study sheet

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | 26.7 x 17.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851307

      A photograph of a drawing formerly attributed to Raphael now in the Biblioteca Reale, Turin (Cart. 13/4). The photograph shows the full-length figure of a naked man, seated turned to left, with his right arm stretched out; at upper left, a study of the Virgin with the Christ Child; another study of a child (probably the Infant Baptist) at lower left.

      • Creator(s)

        After a work by a follower of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

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

      • 26.7 x 17.6 cm (sheet of paper)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Devotional Images of Christ
                • Virgin & Child
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