Lot Essay
The Manfrin collection was one of the most distinguished Italian collections of the late-eighteenth century, including many works now in public collections, including, most notably, Giorgione's The Tempest (Venice, Gallerie dell' Accademia), as well as such works as Veronese's Coronation of Hebe (Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum), Savoldo's Elijah fed by the Raven (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art), Carpaccio's Saint Ursula taking leave of her Father, Marco d'Oggiono's Virgin and Child, Mansueti's Symbolic Representation of the Crucifixion and Jacometto's Portrait of a man (all London, National Gallery).