Lot 159: Giulio Raibolini, called Giulio Francia (Bologna 1487-1540) The Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Giulio Raibolini, called Giulio Francia (Bologna 1487-1540)
The Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria oil on panel67.4 x 55cm (26 9/16 x 21 5/8in).

We are grateful to Prof. Emilio Negro and Dottssa Nicosetta Roio for confirming the attribution to Giulio Francia upon inspection of a colour photograph.The figure of the Madonna repeats that in the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saint Joseph, now in the Collection of Michele Tossani, Bologna, and the present Saint Catherine also appears in Giulio Francia's work of the same subject, offered at Sotheby's 18 May 1978, lot 319 (see E. Negro and N. Roio, Francesco Francia e la sua Scuola 1998, pp 307-308, cat. nos 294 and 296 respectively).