Attributed to the master of Jean Perréal (called Jean de Paris, who lived about 1463-1529); painter to Louis XII.
St. Clement, in cope and mitre (as Bishop of Rome), rests his right hand on the shoulder of the Donor; and in his left hand carries an anchor (the emblem referring to the legend of the Saint having been cast into the sea bound to an anchor). Londoners are familiar with the emblem, as it surmounts the steeple of St. Clement Danes in the Strand.
2670. LADY HOLDING A ROSARY.
Unknown (Flemish: 16th century).
2671. A PIETÀ.
Francia (Bolognese: 1450-1517). See 179.
2672. A VENETIAN GENTLEMAN.
Alvise Vivarini (Venetian: painted 1461-1503). See 1872.
This striking and powerful portrait is signed by the artist on the parapet. It was formerly in the Bonomi-Cereda Collection at Milan (see Berenson's Lorenzo Lotto, p. 107).