GIOVANNI BATTISTA RAMENGHI, CALLED IL BAGNACAVALLO (BOLOGNA 1521-1601)
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA RAMENGHI, CALLED IL BAGNACAVALLO (BOLOGNA 1521-1601)
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
oil on copper
10 ¹/₈ x 7 ¹/₈ in. (25.7 x 18 cm.)
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
oil on copper
10 ¹/₈ x 7 ¹/₈ in. (25.7 x 18 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824), Duke of Leuchtenberg, Milan and Munich (although not included in the 1851 collection catalogue), and by descent until 1917 in Saint Petersburg,
with Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, by 1917, as Bronzino.
with Nordisk Kompaniet, Buenos Aires, where acquired circa 1930 by,
Private collection, and by descent until,
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Private Collector]; Sotheby’s, New York, 24 January 2002, lot 184.
Alana collection, Delaware, from which acquired by the present owner.
with Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, by 1917, as Bronzino.
with Nordisk Kompaniet, Buenos Aires, where acquired circa 1930 by,
Private collection, and by descent until,
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Private Collector]; Sotheby’s, New York, 24 January 2002, lot 184.
Alana collection, Delaware, from which acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Leuchtenbergska Tavelsamlingen, Stockholm, 1917, p. 28, no. 10, plate 10, as Bronzino.
D. Miller, 'A Note in the Collection of the Duke of Leuchtenberg,’ Paragone, no. 489, November 1990, pp. 80-82, notes 20-23, fig. 48, as attributed to Lavinia Fontana and possibly including a self-portrait.
Botticelli to Tiepolo: Three Centuries of Italian Paintings from Bob Jones University, exhibition catalogue, Tulsa, 1994, p. 98 (cat. by R.P. Townsend).
B. Bohn, The Illustrated Bartsch, XLIX, Part I, 1995, pp. 9-10, under no. 004, illustrated.
D. Miller, 'A Note in the Collection of the Duke of Leuchtenberg,’ Paragone, no. 489, November 1990, pp. 80-82, notes 20-23, fig. 48, as attributed to Lavinia Fontana and possibly including a self-portrait.
Botticelli to Tiepolo: Three Centuries of Italian Paintings from Bob Jones University, exhibition catalogue, Tulsa, 1994, p. 98 (cat. by R.P. Townsend).
B. Bohn, The Illustrated Bartsch, XLIX, Part I, 1995, pp. 9-10, under no. 004, illustrated.
Exhibition
Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, Arte Sacro, October 1984, no. 9, as Attributed to Bronzino.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bellini to Tiepolo, Summer 1993, on loan.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bellini to Tiepolo, Summer 1993, on loan.
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