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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      GIOVANNI BATTISTA FRANCO (C. 1510-1561)

      The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist

      c.1530-1551

      Engraving with etching | 24.7 x 37.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851327

      A print reproducing a composition formerly associated with Raphael. Late state with engraver's name on plate at lower centre, and mysterious lettering just above: W˚ 21. Not described in Bartsch.

      The print shows the full-length Virgin seating on the ground and holding the Christ Child on her lap, with the Infant Baptist seating at left under a tree.

      • Creator(s)

        Giovanni Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561) (engraver)

        Giovanni Battista Franco (c. 1510-1561) (printmaker)

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

      • 24.7 x 37.2 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
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