Lot 37
37
The Property of THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, to be sold to benefit its Acquisition Program
GIACOMO FRANCIA* (before 1486-1557)

Details
GIACOMO FRANCIA* (before 1486-1557)

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

oil on panel
25½ x 21½in. (64.7 x 53.3cm.)
Provenance
Ralph Cross Johnson, by whom bequeathed to the museum in 1919
Literature
D. Waagen, 1857, p. 293 (For the Art Treasures exhibition)
Exhibited
Manchester, The Art Treasures, 1857, as Innocenza da Imola,
London, New Gallery, Early Italian Art, 1893-4, no. 107-1, as Innocenza da Imola, lent by G. Donaldson, Esq.

Lot Essay

According to a 19th century inscription on the verso of the painting, the above lot belonged to William Buchanan, a noted British dealer of the period who imported large quantities of paintings into England. The reverse also bears the seal of Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris