Current knowledge
Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) 70
Sebastiano del Piombo
The Holy Family with St Catherine, St Sebastian and a Donor
Current measurements:
95cm x 136cm
Date:
c.1507-08
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.
Van der Doort 1639
Giorgione
Madonna and Child, Sts Joseph, Sebastian and Catherine, and a Donor, 6 half-length figures
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):