(San Matteo della Decima 1728-1781 Ravenna)
The Madonna and Child appearing to Saints George and Francis,
oil on canvas, 56.5 x 37.5 cm, framed
We are grateful to Donatella Biagi Maino for confirming the attribution after examining the present work in the original and for cataloguing this lot.
This work is an important addition to the oeuvre of Ubaldo Gandolfi and it relates to his altarpiece, which is monogrammed and dated U:G: F/1775, for the high altar of the church of the Capuchin Franciscans of Castelbolognese; the order of Friars Minor for which the artist worked on several occasions due to the patronage of their guardian father, Doroteo Caminada da Bologna, who paid him fifty-three scudi for the altarpiece (see D. Biagi Maino, Ubaldo Gandolfi, Turin 1990, pp. 80, 266; D. Biagi Maino in: Gaetano e Ubaldo Gandolfi. Opere scelte,