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Girolamo da Santacroce (Santa Croce, Bergamo 1480/1485-after 1556 Venice)
Lot 110

Girolamo da Santacroce (Santa Croce, Bergamo 1480/1485-after 1556 Venice)

The Madonna and Child with Saint Peter and a donor

Closed25 April 2008

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GBP 23,300

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Girolamo da Santacroce (Santa Croce, Bergamo 1480/1485-after 1556 Venice)
The Madonna and Child with Saint Peter and a donor
oil on panel
27¾ x 38¼ in. (70.5 x 97.1 cm.)

Max Alsberg, Berlin.
Paul Graupe; sale, Berlin, 29-30 January 1934, lot 2.
Italy, private collection.
Restituted to the heirs of Max Alsberg, October 2007.

Specialist note

A prominent and respected criminal lawyer in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, Dr. Max Alsberg (1877-1933) was also renowned as a legal reformer and writer.

We are grateful to Professor Peter Humfrey, who has also suggested a possible attribution to Francesco Bissolo (Treviso c. 1470/5-1554 Venice) on the basis of photographs.