After Hans Holbein the Elder
(German, 1460-1526)

"St. Barbara" and "St. Elizabeth of Hungary" from the left and right panels of the Triptych of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, 1516, ca. third/fourth quarter 19th century

oils on canvas
each unsigned, frame backing with "L. Della Marra, Roma" gallery label and illegible German custom(?) stamp.
Presented together in an International Gothic-style giltwood frame.
each panel 19-1/2" x 8", frame 33" x 25-3/4"

Provenance: Descended in the family of Alessandro VIII Cenci-Bolognetti, Prince di Vicovaro, Marquess di Rocca Priora (1888-1966) and his American/Illinois wife Felicite Gilett Ogelsby (1879-1954), whose brother John Ogelsby served as a Governor of Illinois.

Notes: Numerous copies of Holbein's triptych were made in the 19th century, including a popular collotype in 1884 by Hans Leonhard Schaufelein. The triptych is conserved at Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany.

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