Image

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers

La Vierge de Dresden (Sistine Madonna)

Description

Maker

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857), engraver
After Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520), designer

Title

La Vierge de Dresden (Sistine Madonna)

Year

1845-1846

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Dimensions

69.7 x 50.2 cm (27 7/16 x 19 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

LL: "Peint par Raphaël pour le Monastère de St. Sixte à Plaisance, vers l'An 1518."
LR: "Gravé par le B.on Boucher Desnoyers d'après la copie a l'huile qu'il a faite à Dresde en 1841."

Identification

State

Proof before title

Standard Reference Number

IFF no. 43

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith

Object Number

45.113.107

Type

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Tombstone

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857), engraver
After Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520), designer
La Vierge de Dresden (Sistine Madonna), 1845-1846
engraving
69.7 x 50.2 cm (27 7/16 x 19 3/4 inches) (plate)
Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith 45.113.107

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