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Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John
Giulio Romano16th century
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
A copy of the Holy Family (known as 'La Perla') in the Prado, Madrid, painted by Giulio Romano c.1518, probably after a design by Raphael.
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- Title: Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John
- Creator Lifespan: 1499?1483 - 15461520
- Date: 16th century
- Physical Dimensions: w1172 x h1483 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Notes: Paul Tucker has provided the following information about the 'Madonna and Child with Sts. Elizabeth and John' after Raphael/Giulio Romano, from Charled Fairfax Murray's diaries in Paris:CFM to W.S. Spanton, Hotel d'Angleterre Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Pisa March 1st 1872"I have bought three pictures here cheap - I thought it might be possible for me to come to Italy again but many chances do not occur of buying Moronis for 25 francs I have bought also a full sized copy of Raphael's Madonna with the Pearl at [?Madrid] if it is very fine but damaged by fire I have paid very little for it on that account it looks // a splendid picture in spite of all damage I am still troubled by the difficulty of getting it safe to England they may suppose it to be the original in their ignorance & detain it - it looks like a grand old picture that had been neglected for centuries. The copy of Raphael's Madonna swallowed my money - The fun of it is the dealer I bought it of wont believe my occupation is painting because I was // so hard to deal with - I should have given nearly as much as he asked but for a friend of mine here who advised me to wait - I got it for little more than half what he first asked but I had to risk losing it for more than a week ...'CFM to W.S. Spanton, Pisa March 11th 1872'I have also a large duplicate as I told you of the 'Madonna with the Pearl'CFM to W.S. Spanton 106 Via de' Serragli, Firenze - 14 June 1885'While I think of it - would you kindly get me Brauns photogr: of the [Rapahel] Madonna called "La Perla" at Madrid when you are ordering something of the Autotype Co - it isn't worth while writing for specially but I have long wanted it for the sake of comparison with my duplicate of the picture this is the more desirable now that I find the veil of the Madonna is omitted in my picture which is rather an important item/ & it becomes doubtful if the picture I have was ever quite finished in parts/ The measurements of my picture appear to correspond to the other which strengthens my hypothesis that // this is not a copy but a duplicate done also in the school from the same cartoon...'.
- Work Nationality: Italian
- Support: Panel
- Provenance: Ducal Palace Leghorn; Pisa, Cecchi, 1872, sold to Charles Fairfax Murray; Fairfax Murray Gift, 1911.
- After after: Giulio RomanoRaphael
- Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)
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