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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

AFTER A WORK PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

The Virgin and Child

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 17.7 x 12.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851266

A photograph of a drawing formerly attributed to Raphael listed by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of M. His de la Salle, Paris.

The photograph shows the three-quarter Virgin holding the Christ Child on her lap, who caresses His mother with His right hand and picks up something from the plate held by the Virgin with His left.
  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 17.7 x 12.7 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
          • Life of Christ
            • Infancy of Christ
              • Christ Child
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.96 C.XLIII.4