Madonna with the palm tree, 1520 – 1525

Title

Madonna with the palm tree

Draughtsman

• Italian, 16th century

Inventor

• after Marcantonio Raimondi
• after Raphael

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• lead white
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Italian
• Central Italian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a copperplate engraving

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet auf dem Montierungsbogen unten mittig in der Namenskartusche der Mariette-Montierung (mit der Feder in Schwarz): RAPHAELIS INVENTUM / Quidam ex ejus alumnis / delineabat.
Unten rechts Stempel der Sammlung Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (Lugt 2097); verso auf dem Montierungsbogen mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Elizabeth
• John the Baptist as a boy

Primary

• 73B8211(+0) Holy Family with John the Baptist, Elisabeth present (+ variant)
• 73B83211(+2) the Christ-child and John the Baptist with others, Elisabeth present (+ Mary)
• 25G3(PALM-TREE) trees: palm-tree