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The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
After: Paris Bordone (Italian (Venetian), 1500–1571)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
195.9 x 235 cm (77 1/8 x 92 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Eunice Whitney Felton in memory of her husband, C.C. Felton
Accession Number42.388
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionAfter a painting in the Galleria di Palazzo Rosso, Genoa
Richard McLanathan (1950) believed the painting is autograph and Giordana Canova (1964) called it a beautiful workshop copy. Frederick Ilchman has decided in consultation with Peter Humphrey to retain the attribution as “after” Bordone.
Peter Humphrey confirmed in an e-mail on 10 August 2011 that the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine in the Doria Collection (cat. 13, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, Washington, 2006) “is definitely the best, and for me the prototype” of the MFA painting. The 1985 Summary Catalogue considered the painting in the Galleria Nazionale, Parma, as the source painting, but the appearance of such a work could not be confirmed. The MFA now recognizes the Doria painting as the source. This is supported in the literature.
Frederick Ilchman
10 August 2011
Richard McLanathan (1950) believed the painting is autograph and Giordana Canova (1964) called it a beautiful workshop copy. Frederick Ilchman has decided in consultation with Peter Humphrey to retain the attribution as “after” Bordone.
Peter Humphrey confirmed in an e-mail on 10 August 2011 that the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine in the Doria Collection (cat. 13, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, Washington, 2006) “is definitely the best, and for me the prototype” of the MFA painting. The 1985 Summary Catalogue considered the painting in the Galleria Nazionale, Parma, as the source painting, but the appearance of such a work could not be confirmed. The MFA now recognizes the Doria painting as the source. This is supported in the literature.
Frederick Ilchman
10 August 2011
Provenance1882, Domenico Giobbe, Venice; 1882, sold to Thomas and Cornelius Conway Felton [see note 1]; by descent to Eunice Whitney (Mrs. Cornelius Conway) Felton; 1942, bequest of Mrs. Felton to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1942)
NOTES:
[1] Sold as a work by Titian.
NOTES:
[1] Sold as a work by Titian.