Virgin and Child with Sts Mark and Jerome
by CATENA, Vincenzo, Oil on panel, marouflaged, 69 x 103 cm
Catena is perhaps best known for his Sacre Conversazioni (Sacred Conversations) of which this is a characteristic example. It is a late work, probably painted around 1520-25, when Catena’s style approaches that of Andrea Previtali, especially in the greater sense of softness to the modelling of his figures.