Lot 6A: * MARCO PALMEZZANO FORLÌ CIRCA 1460-1539

signed on the book in the christ child's hand palmezzano

oil on panel

25 1/2 by 20 1/2 in.; 64.7 by 52cm

In the family of the present owner since circa 1920.

The painting is sold with a photocopy of a certificate of authenticity, dated 1949 from Dr. Robert Eigenberger of the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna, in which he states that Bernard Berenson has published this work as Palmezzano in one of his catalogues. To date we have not been able to find this publication.