Book of Raphael's Madonnas

Walker, James P. (James Perkins), 1829-1868 · 1860 · New York : Leavitt and Allen · 8 pictures

Book of Raphael's Madonnas, a photographic reproduction album of Renaissance paintings by Raphael, compiled by James P. Walker and published in New York by Leavitt and Allen in 1860 for collectors and students of art. Its plates are sepia photographs of Madonna and child compositions, some with saints, angels and cherubs set in soft landscape or arched frames, showing how figure groupings and pale tonal modelling were arranged on a page.

Raphael, 1483-1520 · Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint · Christian art and symbolism · Painting, Renaissance · Christian saints in art

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