The Holy Family with St Catherine, St Sebastian and a Donor
Bought for Charles I by the Spanish ambassador Francis Cottington, this work has subsequently changed attribution from Giorgione to Sebastiano del Piombo – many pictures in the inventories were optimistically assigned to the Venetian artist Giorgione, who is known to have painted only a limited number of works. This work contributes to the theme of family and upbringing that is so evident from the room hang.
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
WS 300, №34
Giorgione
Madonna, Christ, Joseph and St Catherine
Walpole Society reference (1972):
Appraisal:
100-0-0
Sold to:
Linchbeck
Sold for:
£114
Sale date:
07/05/1650
Identification certainty:
Identified