Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano
approximately 1459-1517 or 1518.
Virgin and Child with SS. Catherine and John the Baptist
Venice, Italy, ca. 1515.
Oil on panel.
panel: 25 3/8 x 38 5/8 inches (654 x 980 mm); framed: 39 5/8 x 52 1/2 inches (1005 x 1335 mm)
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Provenance
Monsieur J.E. Liotard (his sale, London, Christie's, 16 April, 1774, lot 74 as C. da Conigliare, bought by Dr. Taylor for £16.16.0); Birch; D. Watts Russell (J. Pope Hennessy's grandmother on his mother's side); Charles Fairfax Murray; Alessandro Imbert, Rome; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from Imbert in March 1911.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower left, on fictive cartellino, "Joannis Baptist Coneglanensis / opus".
Summary
Virgin and Child between St. John the Baptist (at her left) and St. Catherine (at her right). Saint Catherine holds a palm in her proper left hand. Mary holds a ring in her proper right hand.
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