(Sassuolo 1577–1660 Bologna)
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine,
oil on canvas, 107 x 83.5 cm, unframed

Provenance:
with Galerie Bieber, 1927–28;
sale, Christie’s, London, 26 November 1971, lot 11 (as Ludovico Carracci);
where acquired by the father of the present owner

Literature:
I. Kunze, Die Ausstellung italienischer Malerei des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts zu Berlin, in: Der Cicerone, vol. 12, Leipzig 1927, pp. 379–380, fig. 1 (as Lodovico Carracci);
H. Bodmer, Lodovico Carracci, Burg bei Magdeburg, 1939, pp. 68, 136, no. 77, fig. 56 (as Lodovico Carracci);
E. Arslan, [Recension of] H. Bodmer, Lodovico Carracci, in: Rivista d’arte, vol. 23, Florence 1941, p. 272 (as ‘opera espunta’, not by Lodovico Carracci);
D. Miller, Bartolomeo Schedoni in Modena, 1602–07: the earlier phase of his work, in: The Burlington Magazine, vol. 121, London 1979, p. 87, mentioned under note 22 (as Ludovico Carracci);
G. Feigenbaum, Lodovico Carracci. A study of his later career and a catalogue of his paintings, ms. diss., Princeton 1984, p. 487 (under Catalogue B, Doubtful and Misattributed);
A. Brogi, Bolognesi di primo Seicento, in: Nuovi Studi, vol. 3, no. 5, 1998, pp. 129–130, fig. 232 (as Giacomo Cavedone);
E. Negro/N. Roio, Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1578–1615, Modena 2000, p. 36, mentioned under note 94 (as Workshop of Carracci, with lateral figures by Giacomo Cavedone);
E. Negro/N. Roio, Giacomo Cavedone, Pittore 1577–1660, Modena 2001, p. 196, p. 198, cat. no. 411.N, ill. p. 203 (as Workshop of Carracci, with lateral figures by Giacomo Cavedone)