Confraternity Altarpiece: Madonna of the Rosary

Artist Bernardino Lanino Italian, Vercelli or Mortara circa 1509–1582/1583 Vercelli, active in Piedmont and Lombardy

Date1552

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions92 3/8 x 60 1/2 in. (234.6 x 153.7 cm)
Frame: 115 x 83 in. (292.1 x 210.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Object numberGL.60.17.45

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ProvenanceCompleted in 1552 for the chapel of a confraternity dedicated to the Rosary, possibly in the church of San Paolo, Vercelli; Edward Solly (1776–1844), London; [Christie’s, London, May 8, 1847, lot 25, sold to Durrell] [1]; Mrs. Lyne-Stephens (née Yolande Duvernay; 1813–1894), Lynford Hall, Norfolk and Paris [2]; [Christie’s, London, May 11, 1895, lot 317, sold to Shepherd] [3]; Sir Frederick Lucas Cook (1844–1920) 2d bt., Doughty House, Long Gallery, no. 5, Richmond, Surrey, 1895 [4]; by inheritance to his son, Sir Herbert Frederick Cook (1868–1939), 3d bt., Doughty House, at least until 1932; by inheritance to his son, Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, 4th bt. (1907-1978), Doughty House and Cothay Manor, Somerset, presumably sold after 1939; [Alessandro Contini Bonacossi (1878-1955), Rome-Florence, 1948] [5]; sold to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation on 11 July 1948; gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art, December 9, 1961.

[1] Shapley, vol. 2, p. 147 incorrectly identifies it as lot 31. Sale price from Waterhouse annotation of 1895 sale catalogue at GRI.

[2] Married to Stephens Lyne Stephens.

[3] Annotated copy of catalogue at GRI: original annotation cites price and Shepherd; Waterhouse added “for Cook Coll. Richmond.”

[4] Annotated copy of catalogue at GRI: original annotation cites price and Shepherd; Waterhouse added “for Cook Coll. Richmond.”

[5] Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House Richmond, Surrey, in the Collection of Sir Herbert Cook, Bart, London, 1932, p. 30, no. 116 (5) as B. Lanini.

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