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Giulio Raibolini, called Giulio Francia - Madonna with Child and Saint Joseph

Auction 1231 - overview Cologne
18.11.2023, 11:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century, Part I
Estimate: 30.000 € - 40.000 €
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Giulio Raibolini, called Giulio Francia

Madonna with Child and Saint Joseph

Oil on panel. 61 x 49.5 cm.

The present painting is a rare work by Giulio Francia, the youngest son of Francesco. Few paintings can be attributed exclusively to him, since most of his extant works are collaborations with his brother Giacomo. Although Nicoletta Roio does not exclude minor interventions of a different hand, the scholar states that the execution has to be considered mostly by Giulio, whose style can be distinguished by his cooler tonality and elongated form, in opposition to Giacomo's work, very much an extension of the father's work.

Provenance

Private Collection, Nuremberg, Bavaria (as by Barbara Longhi), thence by descent. - Sotheby's, New York, 5 June 2008, lot 26A. - Private collection Italy.

Literature

E. Negro and N. Roio, Francesco Francia e la Sua Scuola, Modena, 1998, p. 295, cat. no. 257, ill., p. 294