Otto Gehler, Italian Madonna with Child. 1814. Otto Gehler1762 Leipzig - 1822 ibid Jean Charles Flipart1682 Abbeville - 1751 Paris Raphael Sanzio da Urbino1483 Urbino - 1520 Rome Charcoal pencil drawing, partly heightened with white, on cardboard. Signed "Otto Gehler" and dated r. below the image. In a passepartout. Drawing after the painting by Raphael "Madonna Mackintosh", dated about 1509-11, which is today in the National Gallery in London, inv. no. NG2069. The motif was engraved side-inverted by Jean Charles Flipart in 1729-1740 for the series "Recueil Crozat". Margins yellowed and foxed. Psp. slightly foxed. Dimensions: Dep. 25.5 x 19.5 cm, sheet 36.5 x 29.5 cm, psp. 44,5 x 31 cm. Otto Gehler 1762 Leipzig - 1822 ibid.

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