Bernardino Marchiselli 'de Quagis', called Bernazzano (Inzago, nr. Milan 1492-1522 Milan)

The Madonna and Child holding grapes and ears of corn, with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and two music-making angels

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Bernardino Marchiselli 'de Quagis', called Bernazzano (Inzago, nr. Milan 1492-1522 Milan)
The Madonna and Child holding grapes and ears of corn, with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and two music-making angels
oil on panel
66 x 46 in. (169 x 119 cm.)

Provenance

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Thomas George Breadalbane Morgan-Grenville-Gavin, D.S.O., M.C., Langton, Duns, Berwickshire; Christie's, London, 27 March 1925, lot 25, as 'Bartolommeo' (11 gns. to Collings).
Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bt., C.H. (1879-1961) and by descent to
Sir Adrian Beecham, 3rd Bt. (d. 1982); Christie's, London, 15 July 1977, lot 56, as Ambrosius Benson.

Lot Essay

Bernazzano was the leading landscape specialist of his period in Milan, and collaborated with Cesare da Sesto, who was his executor. The two painters' most ambitious co-production was the Baptism from the Palazzo della Zecca, Milan, now in a private collection. The attribution of the present panel to the artist was advanced by the late Federico Zeri.

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