Details
DOMENICO BECCAFUMI, IL MECARINO* (c.1486-1551)
A Tondo: The Holy Family with the infant Saint John the Baptist
oil on panel
35¼in. (89.5cm.) diam.
A Tondo: The Holy Family with the infant Saint John the Baptist
oil on panel
35¼in. (89.5cm.) diam.
Provenance
Paolino Santini, Villa Camigliano, near Livorno, 1793-c.1812
Vittoria Santini Torrigiani, Villa Camigliano, near Livorno until after 1843
Marchese G. Torrigiani collection, Florence by 1856 and still in 1932(?)
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1962, lot 71 (#3500 to Jervons) Serrous
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1963, lot 93 (#1800 to Mastern) Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, July 5, 1967, lot 54 (#1600 to Getty)
J. Paul Getty, Sutton Place, Guildford, Surrey, by whom bequeathed to the museum in 1978)
Vittoria Santini Torrigiani, Villa Camigliano, near Livorno until after 1843
Marchese G. Torrigiani collection, Florence by 1856 and still in 1932(?)
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1962, lot 71 (#3500 to Jervons) Serrous
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1963, lot 93 (#1800 to Mastern) Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, July 5, 1967, lot 54 (#1600 to Getty)
J. Paul Getty, Sutton Place, Guildford, Surrey, by whom bequeathed to the museum in 1978)
Literature
E. Romagnoli, Biografia cronologica de'bellartisti senesi, (MS in the Biblioteca Comunale of Siena), VI, c.1830, p. 638
A. Mazzarosa, Guida di Lucca, 1843 (republished 1974), p. 169, as Baldassare Peruzzi
O. Mündler, Diaries, September 23, 1856, p. 64 (verso)
B. Berenson, Central Italian Painters of the Renaissance, 1897 (1911?), p.145
E. Jacobsen, Sodoma und das Cinquecento in Siena, 1910, p. 105
L. Dami, Domenico Beccafumi, Bollettino d'arte, 13, 1919, p. 14, note 3
A. Venturi, Storia dell'Arte Italiana, 9, 1932, pt. 5, p. 499D.
B. Berenson, The Central Italian Painters of the Renaissance, 1899, p. 133
Sanminiatelli, Domenico Beccafumi, 1967, p. 99, no. 40
G. Briganti and E. Bacceschi, L'opera completa del Beccafumi, 1977, no. 90, illustrated
O. Mündler, The Travel Diaries of Otto Mündler: 1855-1858, The Walpole Society, 51, 1985 (published 1988), pp. 132 and 259
A. Mazzarosa, Guida di Lucca, 1843 (republished 1974), p. 169, as Baldassare Peruzzi
O. Mündler, Diaries, September 23, 1856, p. 64 (verso)
B. Berenson, Central Italian Painters of the Renaissance, 1897 (1911?), p.145
E. Jacobsen, Sodoma und das Cinquecento in Siena, 1910, p. 105
L. Dami, Domenico Beccafumi, Bollettino d'arte, 13, 1919, p. 14, note 3
A. Venturi, Storia dell'Arte Italiana, 9, 1932, pt. 5, p. 499D.
B. Berenson, The Central Italian Painters of the Renaissance, 1899, p. 133
Sanminiatelli, Domenico Beccafumi, 1967, p. 99, no. 40
G. Briganti and E. Bacceschi, L'opera completa del Beccafumi, 1977, no. 90, illustrated
O. Mündler, The Travel Diaries of Otto Mündler: 1855-1858, The Walpole Society, 51, 1985 (published 1988), pp. 132 and 259