La Madonna detta della Seggiola, by Raphael
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1899
Materials
Paper
Measurements
259 x 203 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520687.39
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a painting, 'La Madonna della seggiola' by Raphael (1513-1514). The circular paintning depicts Mary embracing the child, while a young John the Baptist looks on. The print includes captions above and below. Above, 'FIRENZE - Galleria Pitti'; below, 'Reproduzione interdetta 2905. La Madonna detta della Seggiola; Raffaelo Sanzio. G. Brogi, fotog. edit.' The print appears to be a photographic copy of a photograph, possibly from a catalogue from the Piiti Palace gallery, Florence. The print is mounted directly onto the page in the album.
Provenance
part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986