The Virgin Mary washing the infant Christ Child
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1575 - 1590
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
350 x 240 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.8.25
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1874-0808-481
Summary
(Folio 9, recto, upper print) The Virgin Mary washing the infant Christ Child who stands in a bowl, St John the Baptist pours water over him, St Elisabeth to the right and Joseph behind. Based on a painting long attributed to Raphael, but now called Giulio Romano, in Dresden.
Marks and inscriptions
Lower left: Lettered in lower left 'Rafa ur in. Nicolo van aelst formis'.
Makers and roles
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), creator Nicolaus van Aelst (Brussels c.1527 - Rome 1613), creator