CONTE, Jacopino del
(b. ca. 1515, Firenze, d. 1598, Roma)

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

1530s
Oil on panel, 106 x 83 cm
Private collection

Long associated with the workshop of Andrea del Sarto and previously published with an attribution to the master himself, this arresting depiction of Saint Catherine of Alexandria was correctly ascribed by Federico Zeri to Jacopino del Conte, one of Andrea del Sarto's most distinguished pupils.

The composition of the present picture is based on a cartoon for the imposing Sarzana altarpiece (destroyed) by Andrea del Sarto, a commission undertaken by the master in 1528 which was described in detail by Vasari.




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