Madonna and Child with The Infant Saint John the Baptist
(Rome c. 1499 - Mantua 1546)
The painting, recorded in the Fideicommissary list of the collection in 1833, would appear to be a derivation from Giulio Romano. It may be by the same hand as the Holy Family, also in the collection, now in external storage in the church of S. Spirito in Urbino.
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Provenance
Borghese Collection, recorded in the Inventario Fidecommissario Borghese 1833 (p. 37). Purchased by Italian State, 1902.
Conservation and Diagnostic
- 1907 - Luigi Bartolucci (pest control)
- 1912 - Emanuele Giorgi Sernicoli
- 1966 - Alvaro Esposti
Commentary
Attributed historically to the ‘school of Raphael’ (Fideicommissary list of 1833, Piancastelli 1891, p. 311) it was considered a mere copy by Pippi [Giulio Romano], firstly by Adolfo Venturi (1893, p. 201) and then by Longhi (1928, p. 218). 218). Della Pergola (1959) was of the same opinion, recognising some affinities with a prototype by Giulio Romano, but with variations, rendered by a ‘much coarser hand’, certainly far from the refined style of Raphael’s faithful ‘disciple’. In all likelihood, the panel is to be ascribed to the same anonymous artist to whom we owe the Holy Family, also in the Borghese collection (inv. 387), currently held in external storage in the church of S. Spirito in Urbino.
Gabriele De Melis
Bibliography
- G. Piancastelli, Catalogo dei quadri della Galleria Borghese, in Archivio Galleria Borghese, 1891, p. 311.
- A. Venturi, Il Museo e la Galleria Borghese, Roma 1893, p. 201.
- R. Longhi, Precisioni nelle Gallerie italiane, I: La R. Galleria Borghese, Roma 1928, p. 218.
- P. Della Pergola, I dipinti. Roma, Galleria Borghese, Roma 1959, p. 93.
- K. Herrmann Fiore, Roma scopre un tesoro: dalla pinacoteca ai depositi, un museo che non ha più segreti, Roma 2006, p. 140.
