Manner of Antonio Allegri da Correggio
Saint John the Baptist
oil on canvas, a fragment
17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm.), unframed
Provenance
J. Hanson Walker.
with Spink & Son by 1952, from where purchased by the family of the present owner as 'Antonio Allegri da Correggio'.
Lot Essay
The present composition relates to the figure of Saint John the Baptist in the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saint Sebastian, in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.