LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

19.49 in. (49.50 cm.) (height) by 22.24 in. (56.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated (date strengthened) lower left: BERN/ ARDI/ NI. LYC/ INII./[O]PVS/ 1514

Literature:

W.G. Constable, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings, Boston 1955;; L. Vertova, "Bernardino Licinio", in I pittori bergamaschi dal XIII al XIX secolo. Vol. I: Il Cinquecento, Bergamo 1980, p. 445, reproduced fig. 2;; A.R. Murphy, European painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. An Illustrated Summary catalogue, Boston 1985, reproduced p. 168;; G. Briganti, La pittura in Italia, Il Cinquecento, Milan 1992, vol. II, p. 748;; P. Joannides, Titian to 1518, New Haven and London 2001, pp. 96 and 263, reproduced p. 96, fig. 84.

Provenance:

Mrs. C.E. Danforth; By whom bequeathed to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Res. 19.43); Sale, Paris, Millon et Associés, 9 December 2005, lot 80, for €30,000; With Giovanni Sarti, Paris, from whom acquired by the present owner.