Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Peter Humfrey for confirming the attribution after inspection of the original.
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Judith with the head of Holofernes
Details
Luca Antonio Busati (active Padua and Venice, first half of the 16th Century)
Judith with the head of Holofernes
oil on canvas, quatrefoil
19 ½ x 22 in. (49.5 x 56 cm.)
Judith with the head of Holofernes
oil on canvas, quatrefoil
19 ½ x 22 in. (49.5 x 56 cm.)
Provenance
Rasini collection, Milan
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1977, lot 7, as 'L. Lotto'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1977, lot 7, as 'L. Lotto'.
Literature
L. Coletti, Pittura Veneta del Quattrocento, 1953, pp. ixxvi-ixxvii, as Giorgione.
L. Coletti, Giorgione, 1955, pp. 32-33, as Giorgione.
L. Coletti, Cima da Conegliano, Venice, 1959, pp. 50 and 80, no. 49, as Giorgione.
T. Pignatti, L’Opera Completa di Giorgione, Milan, 1969, pp. 129-130, no. A. 30, fig. 150, as not by Giorgione.
P. Zampetti, The Complete Paintings of Giorgione, Milan, 1970, p. 98, no. 51, as not by Giorgione.
A. Tempestini, 'I fratelli Busati e il Maestro Veneto dell' "Incredulità di San Tommaso"', Studi di Storia dell'Arte, 4, 1993, pp. 27-68, fig. 49, as Luca Antonio Busati.
L. Coletti, Giorgione, 1955, pp. 32-33, as Giorgione.
L. Coletti, Cima da Conegliano, Venice, 1959, pp. 50 and 80, no. 49, as Giorgione.
T. Pignatti, L’Opera Completa di Giorgione, Milan, 1969, pp. 129-130, no. A. 30, fig. 150, as not by Giorgione.
P. Zampetti, The Complete Paintings of Giorgione, Milan, 1970, p. 98, no. 51, as not by Giorgione.
A. Tempestini, 'I fratelli Busati e il Maestro Veneto dell' "Incredulità di San Tommaso"', Studi di Storia dell'Arte, 4, 1993, pp. 27-68, fig. 49, as Luca Antonio Busati.