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Holy Families & Madonna and Child

Holy Families & Madonna and Child

      FRANÇOIS ROBERT INGOUF (1747-1812)

      The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist [‘The Madonna of the Blue Diadem’]

      dated 1805

      Etching and engraving | 40.5 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850890

      A print after the so-called Madonna of the Blue Diadem, a painting generally attributed to Raphael’s workshop (possibly G.F. Penni or Giulio Romano) housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no. 603). Lettered with ancient attribution of the painting to Raphael.

      Showing the Virgin lifting a veil over the sleeping Christ Child with the Infant Baptist kneeling down in adoration on the right; in a landscape.

      • Creator(s)

        François Robert Ingouf (1747-1812) (engraver)

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

        Philippe Chery (1759-1838) (designer)

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

        Subject(s)

        Blessed Virgin Mary

      • 40.5 x 28.2 cm (sheet of paper)

        35.6 x 23.9 cm (image)

      • 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
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Industries, Crafts and Trades
            • Jewellery
              • Diadems
            • Clothing
              • Headgear
                • Veils
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Capellen 2005 : Capellen, JM, 2005. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 2, The Roman Religious Paintings ca.1508-1520 pp. 251-254, no. A9

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.70 A.XXVIII.4

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