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Lot 49: Studio of Francesco Francia (Bologna c. 1450-1517)

Est: $0 USD - $0 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USJune 05, 2013

Item Overview

Description

Studio of Francesco Francia (Bologna c. 1450-1517) The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria oil and tempera on panel, transferred to canvas 23¾ x 9 1/8 in. (60.2 x 48.4 cm.)

Exhibited

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Loan Exhibition of Italian Paintings, 1915. Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of the Ryerson Gift, 1938. Rockford, Illinois, Rockford Art Association, 1951. Beloit, Wisconsin, Beloit College, 1952-1953. Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne Art School, 1955.

Literature

F.M. Perkins, 'Dipinti italiani nelle raccolte americane', Rassegna d'arte, X, 1910, p. 100, illustrated, as Francesco Francia. A. Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, VII, part 3, Milan, 1914, pp. 959-960, fig. 715, as Jacopo de' Boateri. G.H. Edgell, 'The Loan Exhibition of Italian Paintings in the Fogg Museum, Cambridge', Art and Archaeology, II, 1915, pp. 19, 21, fig. 9, as Francesco Francia. S. Reinach, Répertoire de peintures du moyen âge et de la renaissance (1280-1580), Paris, V, 1922, p. 378, illustrated, as Francesco Francia. F. Filippini, 'Raffaello a Bologna', Cronache d'Arte, II, 1925, pp. 230-231, as Jacopo de' Boateri. W.R. Valentiner, Paintings in the Collection of Martin A. Ryerson, unpublished manuscript, 1932, as Francesco Francia. 'Exhibition of the Ryerson Gift', Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, XXXII, 1938, p. 3, as Francia. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago. A Catalogue of the Picture Collection, Chicago, 1961, p. 226, as Italian school, 16th century. B.B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972, pp. 74, 385, 571, under 'School, shop or studio work of Francesco Francia'. C. Lloyd, Italian Paintings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection, Chicago, 1993, pp. 93-95 as workshop of Francesco Francia. N. Roio, 'Boateri, Jacopo', in Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, XI, Munich and Leipzig, 1995, p. 666, as Jacopo de' Boateri. E. Negro and N. Roio, Francesco Francia e la sua scuola, Modena, 1998, p. 223, no. 118, as School of Francesco Francia.

Provenance

Horace Morison, Boston, by 1910, by whom sold to Martin A. Ryerson, Chicago, 1916, and by descent to his widow, by whom bequeathed to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.

Auction Details

Old Master Paintings

by
Christie's
June 05, 2013, 12:00 AM EST

502 Park Avenue at 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022, US