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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      AFTER MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)

      The Virgin and Child in Glory

      c.1530-1560

      Engraving | 22.7 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851315

      This print is a reversed copy of an engraving by the Master of the Die (or Maître au Dé) thought to reproduce a now lost design by Raphael. This plate is not described in Bartsch.

      The print shows the full-length Virgin, sitting on clouds inhabited by angels and holding the Christ Child on her knees, being crowned by two angels; with landscape below.

      • Creator(s)

        After Master of the Die (active 1530-60) (engraver)

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

      • 22.7 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Added to 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
              • Angels, demons, devils, saints
                • Angels
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Earth sciences
            • Meteorology
              • Clouds
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Industries, Crafts and Trades
            • Jewellery
              • Crowns
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