School of TIZIANO VECELLIO, called TITIAN (1477-1576)

Details

School of TIZIANO VECELLIO, called TITIAN (1477-1576)

The Madonna and Child with Saint Luke and a Donor

oil on canvas
51½ x 66½in. (130.8 x 168.9cm.)

Provenance

Marquis de Torretagli, Lima, Peru
Ortiz de Zevallos, Lima, Peru
Clarence Hoblitzelle, St. Louis, Missouri
Hoblitzelle Foundation Art Collection, Dallas, Texas

Literature

Dallas Morning News, Dec. 19, 1943
C. Muskavitch, Catalogo Coleccion Torre Tagle, 1939
C. Sterling, The Hoblitzelle Collection, 1954
C. Muskavitch, Report on the Hoblitzelle Collection, 1954
C. Sterling, Notes Breves sur quelques Tableaux Venitiens Inconnus à Dallas, Arte Veneta, 1954

Exhibited

Dallas, Texas Centennial Exposition, 1936
Dallas, The Greater Texas Pan-American Exposition, 1937

Lot Essay

The present lot is related to Titian's 'Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and Luke' in the collection of Heinz Kisters, Kreuzlingen (see H.E. Wethey, The Paintings of Titian, 1969, I, no. 62, pl. 53). A variant, on which the present lot is likely based, which replaces Saint Catherine with a donor, is at Hampton Court, England. Another copy of the Hampton Court picture, whose present location is unknown, passed through Christie's, London, July 3, 1953, lot 26 (Wethey, op. cit., p. 107, under no. 62)