Virgin and Sleeping Christ Child with the Infant John the Baptist
Raphael · 18th century · Pen and brown ink and brush and gray and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on tan laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Virgin and Sleeping Christ Child with the Infant John the Baptist is a public-domain drawing by Raphael, dated 18th century. Pen and brown ink and brush and gray and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on tan laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Virgin and Sleeping Christ Child with the Infant John the Baptist” (18th century). Raphael left few paintings. A drawing or print under his name is often a study, a workshop sheet, or a later print after a picture of his.
About the artist
Raphael, Raffaello Sanzio (1483–1520), was a painter of the High Renaissance. His madonnas and the Vatican rooms are the famous works. Many sheets in print rooms are drawings or later prints after him, not the paintings.
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