
A female saint
Lot Closed
April 5, 11:34 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
North Italian School, 16th century
A female saint
oil on panel
unframed: 51 x 42 cm.; 20⅛ x 16½ in.
framed: 73 x 59 cm.; 28¾ x 23¼ in.
James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell (1858–1941), acquired while serving as English Ambassador to Italy;
Thence by descent to his daughter Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley (1899–1980);
Thence by descent to the previous owner (as Bernardino Zaganelli).
The female saint depicted here appears to be wearing the habit of a Dominican nun, which suggests she may be Catherine of Siena or Margaret of Hungary.
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