Madonna della sedia (after Raphael)
German School
Category
Ceramics
Date
1870 - 1899
Materials
Oil paint, Porcelain, Wood
Measurements
28.5 x 250 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884916
Caption
The original Madonna della sedia by Raphael is a circular painting, or tondo, painted in Rome around 1513/14. It has universal appeal and is one of the most copied works of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The National Trust have at least 15 copies, in various media, in their care, alone. Raphael’s picture, once in the Uffizi, seized during the Napoleonic Wars and in Paris between 1799-1815, is now in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence. As legend has it, it was painted on the bottom of a barrel and has gained its title because the Virgin sits in a chair. She is shown as a contemporary Italian woman, wearing a gypsy scarf and green embroidered shawl over her blue dress, tenderly embracing the Christ child, dressed in yellow, and looking directly at us whilst John the Baptist stands behind.
Summary
Oval plaque painting of the Madonna della sedia (after Raphael), similar to LAN.P.21, but of the Madonna and Child alone. After Raphael, late 19th Century. A note from Anthony du Boulay on the card says it is probably Berlin, 1875-1900. In a heavily carved wooden frame which has been broken and has a piece missing.
Provenance
Unknown
Makers and roles
German School, artist