''St Justina of Padua with a Donor'' is an oil on panel painting by Moretto da Brescia, executed ''c.'' 1530, now in the

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in Vienna, to which it was transferred in the late 19th century soon after the museum's opening. It shows Justina of Padua. Its original location is unknown and no documents survive stating its provenance or commissioner.Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, p. 270 The first surviving reference to the work is in a 1662 document relating to its move from the

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to Ambras Castle (it was then in the Holy Roman Empire's collections). That document referred to it as a work by Titian and in inventories immediately before the move it was ascribed to Raphael. A 1733 inventory re-attributed it yet again, this time to

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. In 1845 Ransonnet restored its correct attribution to Moretto.Carl Ransonnet, pagg. 13-27

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Giuseppe Fiocco Giuseppe Fiocco (16 November 1884 – 5 October 1971) was an Italian art historian, art critic, and academic. He is known for his research and writings on Venetian and Florentine artists. Biography Fiocco was born on 16 November 1884 in Giacc ...

, ''Pittori bresciani del Rinascimento: Alessandro Bonvicino detto Moretto di Brescia'' in "Emporium", anno 45, numero 6, Brescia 1939 *György Gombosi, ''Moretto da Brescia'', Basilea 1943 * Valerio Guazzoni, ''Moretto. Il tema sacro'', Brescia 1981 * Roberto Longhi, ''Cose bresciane del Cinquecento'', in "L'arte", anno 20, Brescia 1917 * Giorgio Vasari, ''Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architettori scritte da M. Giorgio Vasari pittore aretino - Con nuove annotazioni e commenti di Gaetano Milanesi'', Firenze 1881 * Carl Ransonnet, ''Sopra un dipinto di Alessandro Bonvicino soprannominato il Moretto di Brescia'', versione italiana con note, Brescia 1845 * Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, ''Alessandro Bonvicino - Il Moretto da Brescia'', Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988 * Adolfo Venturi, ''Storia dell'arte italiana'', volume IX, ''La pittura del Cinquecento'', Milano 1929 Works about unicorns Paintings by Moretto da Brescia Paintings in the Kunsthistorisches Museum 1530 paintings Paintings of saints {{16C-painting-stub