Seated Madonna and Child, ca. 1500 – 1502

Blatt: 213 x 145 mm

Physical Description: Brown ink over black pen (chalk?) and leadpoint (figure of Christ, head and upper body of Mary), on ribbed laid paper, distance of chain lines (horizontal) |-|34|37|34|36|

Inventory Number: 377

Object Number: 377 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Texts

About the Work

In this very early drawing, Raphael employed a stylus, chalk, and finally pen and ink to develop a Madonna with the Child performing a gesture of blessing – in its majestic frontality a classical altarpiece motif. Probably working from a pictorial model, he made a preliminary sketch of a section of the depiction and then reworked and completed it. In style the drawing is highly reminiscent of the work of the older painter Pietro Perugino. The tender manner in which the Virgin holds her Child is the only narrative element in this stringent depiction.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Seated Madonna and Child

Draughtsman

Raphael

Period Produced

School

High Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Brown ink over black pen (chalk?) and leadpoint (figure of Christ, head and upper body of Mary), on ribbed laid paper, distance of chain lines (horizontal) |-|34|37|34|36|

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Central Italian

Production Reason

figure study

Captions Added Later: Unten links Trockenstempel der Sammlung Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445); verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstitus, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

Joannides 1983.19
Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983.18

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: Public Domain

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

Main Motif

Persons Shown

Associated Persons and Institutions

Iconclass

Primary

11F4222 Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child sitting on her knee (Christ-child to Mary's left)
11F711 Christ-child making speaking or blessing gestures ~ Madonna-representations