1808-1816 (printed in 1816)
The Madonna of Saint Sixtus by Raphael
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm MĂĽllerGerman, 1782 - 1816
Art lovers have traveled to the city of Dresden to stand in awe before Raphael’s
Sistine Madonna ever since it was purchased for Saxony’s royal painting collection in 1754. Replicas of the cherubic angels have long been popular as tourist souvenirs, but in the nineteenth century Friedrich Müller’s engraving was the most coveted reproduction of the painting.
This print was once the proud possession of Philadelphia collector John S. Phillips, and it was the only work in his vast collection that was mentioned by name in his obituary. The mottled color of the paper is the result of Phillips having displayed the work in a frame backed with slats of acidic wood.
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