Signed and dated, lower center: 1 5 2 9 BMEO RAMENCHI FECE
Inscribed, on pedestal, lower center: IO PIERO DE MEO DALA CEREGIA O FATA FARE QUESTA FIGVRA P(ER) MIA DEVOTIONE ADIVLTIMO DE NOVE(M)BRE 1 5 2 9 BMEO RAMENCHI FECE
Paint on wood panel
Gift of James E. Scripps
89.22
European Painting
Signed and dated, lower center: 1 5 2 9 BMEO RAMENCHI FECE
Inscribed, on pedestal, lower center: IO PIERO DE MEO DALA CEREGIA O FATA FARE QUESTA FIGVRA P(ER) MIA DEVOTIONE ADIVLTIMO DE NOVE(M)BRE 1 5 2 9 BMEO RAMENCHI FECE
collection of Giuseppi Placidi (Rome)
late 1880's, purchased by James E. Scripps [1835-1906] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1889-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Scripps, J. Handbook of the paintings, ancient and modern, belonging to the Detroit Museum of Arts. Detroit, 1895, pp. 14-15, cat. 20. Catalogue of the James E. Scripps Collection of Old Masters. DMA. Detroit, 1889, pp. 23-24, cat. 21, [as by Bartolommeo Ramenghi]. "The Scripps Old Masters," The Collector 2, no. 13 (May 1, 1891): pp. 149-152, p. 149 [as by Bartolommeo Ramenghi, called Bagnacavello]. Handbook of Paintings by the Old Masters. Detroit, 1910, pp. 22-23, cat. 20. Burroughs, C. "A XIV Century Painting by Bartolommeo Ramenghi," Bulletin of the DIA 13, no. 7 (May 1919): pp. 58-9, (repr. on cover). Burroughs, C. Catalogue of paintings, sculpture and contemporary arts and crafts. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1920, p. 36, no. 24. Richardson, E. P., ed. DIA Catalogue of Paintings, 2nd ed. Detroit, 1944, pp. 7-8, no. 420. Paintings in the DIA: a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965. DIA, Detroit, 1965, p. 10. Fredericksen, B. & F. Zeri. Census of pre-19th century Italian paintings in North American Collections. Cambridge, 1972, p. 14 [as signed and dated 1529].
Bagnacavallo (Bartolomeo Ramenghi), The Virgin Enthroned with Saint Amadio and Saint Anthony, 1529, paint on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James E. Scripps, 89.22.