GIOVANNI BONSI (ACTIVE FLORENCE 1351-1376)

Lot 105
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ID 1513667
Lot 105 | GIOVANNI BONSI (ACTIVE FLORENCE 1351-1376)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
GIOVANNI BONSI (ACTIVE FLORENCE 1351-1376)
Saint Leonard of Noblac; and Saint Anthony Abbot, fragments from an altarpiece
tempera on gold ground panel, in later engaged frames
18 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. (47.9 x 25.7 cm.), each(2)
the first, with identifying inscription 'SCS·LEONARdVS·MART·' (lower centre); the second, with identifying inscription 'SCS·ANTONIVS·ABAS·' (lower centre)
a pair




Provenance

Judge James Murnaghan (1881-1973), Dublin, and by descent.
Anonymous sale [Property of a Lady]; Christie's, New York, 30 January 2013, lot 104, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

M. Boskovits, Pittura Fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento, Florence, 1975, p. 320, the first illustrated, fig. 35, where dated to 1360-65.
E.S. Skaug, Punch Marks from Giotto to Fra Angelico: Attribution, Chronology, and Workshop Relationships in Tuscan Panel Painting, Oslo, 1994, I, p. 146, note 62.
S. Pasquinucci, 'Giovanni Bonsi', in Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Munich and Leipzig, 1996, XII, p. 612.
S. Pasquinucci, 'Tradition and Innovation in Florentine Trecento painting: Giovanni Bonsi - Tommaso del Mazza', in M. Boskovits, ed., A Critical and Historical Corpus of Florentine Painting, Florence, 2000, VIII, pp. 25, 38, 94-95, pls. XV1-2, as 'close to' Giovanni Bonsi.
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