Live Auction 2710Old Master Paintings
Studio of Francesco Francia (Bologna c. 1450-1517)
Lot 49 PROPERTY SOLD BY THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Studio of Francesco Francia (Bologna c. 1450-1517)

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Closed5 June 2013

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Studio of Francesco Francia (Bologna c. 1450-1517)
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
oil and tempera on panel, transferred to canvas
23¾ x 9 1/8 in. (60.2 x 48.4 cm.)

Horace Morison, Boston, by 1910, by whom sold to
Martin A. Ryerson, Chicago, 1916, and by descent to his widow, by whom bequeathed to
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.

Specialist note

In 1910, F. Mason Perkins was the first to publish this painting, identifying it as a work of Francesco Francia (loc. cit.). After being called Jacopo de' Boateri by Venturi (loc. cit.), it was associated with the workshop Francia by Fredericksen and Zeri (loc. cit.). A painting with a similar composition, attributed to Francesco's son Giacomo, is in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (inv. 1913.6.3). According to Negro and Roio (loc. cit.), the master himself may have contributed to the figure of the Virgin in the present painting and the hand of one of his sons may be identifiable in Saint Catherine.