Lot 145: Luca Antonio Busati (active Padua and Venice, first half of the 16th Century)

Luca Antonio Busati (active Padua and Venice, first half of the 16th Century) Judith with the head of Holofernes oil on canvas, quatrefoil 19 ½ x 22 in. (49.5 x 56 cm.)

49.5 x 56 cm.

16th Century

L. Coletti, Pittura Veneta del Quattrocento, 1953, pp. ixxvi-ixxvii, as Giorgione. L. Coletti, Giorgione, 1955, pp. 32-33, as Giorgione. L. Coletti, Cima da Conegliano, Venice, 1959, pp. 50 and 80, no. 49, as Giorgione. T. Pignatti, L’Opera Completa di Giorgione, Milan, 1969, pp. 129-130, no. A. 30, fig. 150, as not by Giorgione. P. Zampetti, The Complete Paintings of Giorgione, Milan, 1970, p. 98, no. 51, as not by Giorgione. A. Tempestini, 'I fratelli Busati e il Maestro Veneto dell' "Incredulità di San Tommaso"', Studi di Storia dell'Arte, 4, 1993, pp. 27-68, fig. 49, as Luca Antonio Busati.

Rasini collection, Milan Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1977, lot 7, as 'L. Lotto'.

We are grateful to Professor Peter Humfrey for confirming the attribution after inspection of the original.