The Holy Family with St Catherine

Benvenuto Tisi called 'Il Garofalo' (1481-1559)
oil on panel
(86 x 64cm)

The attribution is traditional and indubitable. This is one of thefinest and best preserved examples of Garofalo's achievements on anintimate scale, both in the sensitive composition of the figure groupand in the marvelously atmospheric landscape.

Numbered fol. 5, envelope B in the undated list of pictures at OldMontagu House, Whitehall c. 1770, Benvenuto Garofalo The Virgin, OurSaviour & St Catherine', valued at £38. Bought from Jenkensin Rome, 1758 by Lord Brudenell (later Marquis of Monthermer).

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