Original steel engraving of the Virgin seated, supporting the Christ Child and holding an open book, after the so-called Colonna Madonna by Raphael, today in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. Engraved by Peter Lightfoot and published in London by James S. Virtue.
Original steel engraving of the Virgin seated, supporting the Christ Child and holding an open book, after the so-called Colonna Madonna by Raphael, today in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. Engraved by Peter Lightfoot and published in London by James S. Virtue.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: After Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)
Engraver / lithographer: Peter Lightfoot (1805-1885)
Date: circa 1853
Source: London, James S. Virtue
Dimensions: 10.2 x 14.4 in (26 x 36.5 cm)
Condition: With a damp stain at the lower left of the margin and several foxing spots, some of them within the image, in the area of the background.