拍品专文
A MODELLO FOR THE MAIN ALTARPIECE OF THE DISPUTE OF SAINT CATHERINE WITH EMPEROR MAXENTIUS IN THE CHURCH OF SAN GAGGIO, FLORENCE, ONE OF CIGOLI'S MOST CELEBRATED PAINTINGS, DATED BY FRANCO FARANDA CIRCA 1603, F. FARANDA, LUDOVICO CARDI, DETTO IL CIGOLI, ROME, 1986, NO. 59. THE PICTURE WAS COMMISSIONED BY SENATOR BARTOLOMEO DI BERNARDO CORSINI, PATRON OF THE CHURCH. SEVERAL DRAWINGS FROM VARIOUS STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPOSITION ARE EXTANT, M. CHAPPELL, OP. CIT., 1992, UNDER NO. 61.