Lot 136: Pier Maria Pennacchi (?Treviso 1464-1515 Treviso)

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
inscribed 'NO·N. 837. Collectione Di ragioni di Ant.O BatT Franceschini di Me[...] di Giov. Bellini. 1485.' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
21 3/4 x 15 1/8 in. (55.3 x 38.4 cm.)

THE PROPERTY OF A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR

The artist was a significant figure in the artistic life of Treviso, but, although many works by him are documented - the earliest in 1495 - only one documented work survives: the fresco of Christ in the semi-dome of the chapel of the Santissimo in Treviso Cathedral, commissioned in 1511. The chronology of his oeuvre is consequently hard to establish, although mature works probably include the Sacra conversazione (Treviso, Mus. Civ. Bailo), Christ the Redeemer (Parma, Galeria Nazionale), the Virgin and Child with Donor (Venice, Ca' d'Oro) and the Holy Family with a male Donor (Bassano, Museo Civico). In addition to the influences of Bellini (although as Pennacchi is recorded in Treviso almost annually from 1483, he could not have been Bellini's pupil in Venice from 1490 to 1500, as has been suggested), Antonello and Girolamo, his secure works reflect northern and Lombard elements and early paintings by Lorenzo Lotto.

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