Lot 320: Marco d'Oggiono Oggiono 1470/75 - 1524 Milan , The Christ Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist

oil on panel

measurements note 17 1/4 by 14 1/4 in.; 43.8 by 36.2 cm.

P. Leprieur and A. Pératé, Catalogue Raisonné de la Collection Martin Le Roy, fasc. V, 1909, cat. no. 14, illus. (as by the School of Leonardo).

Gaucher Collection, Paris;
M. Pillet, Paris, from whom acquired by Martin Le Roy, Paris, before 1909;
Sold, New York, Sotheby's, October 18, 2000, lot 141, where purchased by the present owner.

At the time of the 2000 sale, Domenico Sedini, based on photographs, confirmed the attribution of the present picture to d'Oggiono. He noted that the theme of the Infant Christ and the Baptist is found in a number of other paintings by the artist, such as the Thuélin Madonna, sold New York, Sotheby's, January 28, 2000, lot 16). Stylistically, he relates it closely to The Maleo Polyptych (Mussée du Louvre, Paris) and dates the present work to the artist's mature period, not earlier than 1515.