Lot 31: BARTOLOMEO RAMENGHI THE ELDER, CALLED BAGNACAVALLO

Bagnacavallo 1484 - 1542 Bologna THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SAINT FRANCIS Oil on panel 52.5 by 41.7 cm.; 20 3/4 by 16 1/2 in. A variant showing the infant Saint John the Baptist in place of Saint Francis is in Ravenna, Pinacoteca Civica (Bernardini, op. cit., reproduced p. 139) Sold with the certificate of Professor Dr. Jurgen Meyer zur Capellen. Literature: Possibly C. Bernardini, Bartolomeo Ramenghi detto il Bagnacavallo, in Pittura bolognese del'500, ed. V. Fortunati Pietrantonio, 1986, vol. I, p. 128 (a Madonna con Bambino e. S. Francesco, whereabouts unknown).