Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mr. Everett Fahy for making the attribution. For the artist, see G. Dalli Regoli, Lorenzo di Credi, 1966, p. 194 and figs. 284-9; the present work is based on Lorenzo di Credi's picture in the Fondazione Querini- Stampalia, Venice, with variations and omitting the Infant Saint John the Baptist (idem., pp. 134-5, cat. 68, and figs. 77 and 75)