Lot 20
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Bonifazio de' Pitati, called Bonifazio Veronese (Verona 1487-1553 Venice)

The Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis of Assisi

Details
Bonifazio de' Pitati, called Bonifazio Veronese (Verona 1487-1553 Venice)
The Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis of Assisi
oil on panel
27¼ x 40¼ in. (69.3 x 102.3 cm.)
Provenance
William Graham, M.P. (1817-1885), 35 Grosvenor Place, London, and by
descent through his daughter;
Amelia, wife of Sir Kenneth Muir Mackenzie, later 1st Baron Muir-Mackenzie (d. 1930), 12 Hyde Park, London, to their daughter;
Lady Clive (d.1971), wife of Sir Robert Clive, to their daughter;
Amy, Lady Harrison, and by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Catalogue of Pictures, Ancient and Modern. 35 Grosvenor Place, London, 1882, possibly no. 547, as Palma Vecchio.
O. Garnett, 'The Letters and Collection of William Graham - Pre-Raphaelite Patron and Pre-Raphael Collector', The Walpole Society, LXII, 2000, possibly p. 327, no. d240.
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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Professor Peter Humfrey for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs. He regards it as an early work of circa 1525-30, when Bonifazio's style was still extremely close to that of Palma Vecchio, in whose studio he most probably trained as a young artist.

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