Lot 111: The Madonna and Child, seen through a feigned window

Giacomo Raibolini, called Giacomo Francia (Bologna c. 1486-1557)
The Madonna and Child, seen through a feigned window
oil on panel
27¼ x 25½ in. (69.3 x 64.8 cm.)

G.F. Waagen, Die vornehmsten Kunstdenkmäler in Wien, Vienna, 1866, p. 260.
J. Falke, Katalog der Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vienna, 1873, p. 36, no. 287, as by Francesco Francia.
J. Falke, Katalog der Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Vienna, 1885, p. 6, no. 34.
W. Suida, Die Gemäldegalerie der K.K. Akademie der bildenden Künste. Die Sammlungen Liechtenstein, Czernin, Harrach und Schönborn-Buchheim, Stuttgart, 1890, p. 75.
W. Bode, Die Fürstlich Liechtenstein'sche Galerie in Wien, Vienna, 1896, p. 72.
A. Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, vol. VII, 3, Milan, 1914, p. 961-2.
A. Kronfeld, Führer durch die Fürstlich Liechtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie in Wien, Vienna, 1931, p. 13, no. 34.
E. Negro and N. Roio, Francesco Francia e la sua Scuola, Modena, 1998, p. 240, as a version of an untraced picture attributed, not without reason, to Giacomo.

Josef Leistler, Director of Building at the Princely Court of Liechtenstein, architect of the Dommayers Casino, Vienna, from whose estate acquired in 1832 by
Johann I Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf (1760-1836), and by descent in the Garden Palace at Rossau (where recorded by Falke in 1873 and 1885, loc. cit.); at Gaming, Styria, in 1941, until February 1945, when moved to Lauffen bei Ischl, until April 1945 when moved to Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, until the present.