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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The Head of the Christ Child

c.1853-76

Salted paper print | 10.5 x 9.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851302

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1505) now in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main (inv. no.384).

The photograph shows the head and shoulders of the Christ Child, turned three-quarters to the left, with the eyes cast down.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

  • 10.5 x 9.2 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
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.158, no.106

    Jacoby/Sonnabend 2012: edited by J. Jacoby and M. Sonnabend, Frankfurt/Main 2012 pp.91-3, no.4

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.99 C.LVII.1