Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) (Italian, 1483-1520)
Title: The Virgin and Child on the Clouds
Medium: Antique hand pulled copper plate engraving on wove paper by renowned master engraver Amand Durand (1831 – 1905).
Dimensions: Image Size 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 14 x 17 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
The Virgin seated on clouds holding the Christ Child on her right knee; her right hand rests on his right thigh; he grasps her mantle with both hands.
Raphael, Italian in full Raffaello Sanzio or Raffaello Santi was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.