_Bertucci_ (Umbrian: 16th Century).
Formerly ascribed in the Official Catalogue to Lo Spagna (for
whom see under 1032); by other critics attributed to Giovanni
Battista of Faenza, called Bertucci (the monkey), an artist
who borrowed both from the Umbrian School and from Lorenzo
Costa. The similarity between this picture and No. 629, by the
latter artist, especially in the playing angels at the foot of
the throne, is remarkable (see Richter's _Italian Art in the
National Gallery_, p. 52). Works by Bertucci are to be seen in
the picture gallery of Faenza.
The little angels are very pretty. Notice the three peering out from
under the Virgin's robe. On the marble platform below one angel plays
a white-headed pipe; the other, a six-stringed rebec, which is very
accurately represented.