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GIOVANNI DEL BIONDO (ACTIVE FLORENCE 1356-1399)

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06.07.2023 14:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 26 | GIOVANNI DEL BIONDO (ACTIVE FLORENCE 1356-1399)
GIOVANNI DEL BIONDO (ACTIVE FLORENCE 1356-1399)

Two panels from a polyptych: Saint John the Evangelist, with Saint Margaret above; and Saint Bartholomew, with Saint Catherine of Alexandria above

tempera on gold ground panel, pointed top

the first: 48 3/8 x 17 1/2 in. (122.7 x 44.5 cm.); the second: 48 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (122.5 x 44.5 cm.)

(2)both with the remains of an inscription along the lower edge

two





Provenance

Dr Röhrer, Ammersee.

Otto Henkell (1869-1929), Wiesbaden, and by descent to his wife,

Katharina Henkell (1871-1942), and by descent in the family.

Private collection, Germany (according to Offner and Steinweg, op. cit., 1969).

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 4 July 2012, lot 1, as 'Giovanni del Biondo and Workshop', when acquired by the present owner.



Literature

R. Offner, 'A Ray of Light on Giovanni del Biondo and Niccolò di Tommaso', Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, VII, July 1956, p. 189, as 'Workshop of Giovanni del Biondo'.

R. Offner and K. Steinweg, A Critical and Historical Corpus of Florentine Painting, New York, 1969, Section IV, V, Part 2, pp. 59-60, plates XXVI-XXVI, as 'Workshop of Giovanni del Biondo'.

E. Skaug, 'Punch marks - what are they worth? Problems of Tuscan workshop interrelationships in the mid-fourteenth century: the Ovile Master and Giovanni da Milano', La pittura del XIV e XV secolo, il contributo dell'analisi tecnica alla storia dell'arte, Bologna, 1983, p. 282, fig. 24 (detail), as 'Giovanni del Biondo'.

E. Skaug, Punch Marks From Giotto to Fra Angelico, I, Oslo 1994, p. 201, as 'Giovanni del Biondo, datable to 1371'.



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