ID 773287
Lot 40 | MASTER OF THE APOLLO AND DAPHNE LEGEND (ACTIVE FLORENCE, CIRCA 1480-1510)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
The Madonna and Child Enthroned with the Magdalene, Saints Peter Martyr, Francis, John the Baptist, Catherine of Siena, Thomas Aquinas, Dominic and Jerome with Saint George in Prayer in a landscape
inscribed 'TIM / ETE / DEV / M.' (center right, on the book)
oil and tempera on panel
23 x 25 3⁄4 in. (58.2 x 65.5 cm.)
Provenance
Colonel Duff.
with Matthiesen Gallery, London, by 1938.
Sir Thomas Merton (1888-1969), F.R.S, K.B.E., and by descent until,
Christie's, London, 7 December 2006, lot 38, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. Scharf, A Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings from the Collection of Sir Thomas Merton, F.R.S. at Stubbings House, Maidenhead, London, 1950, no. 1, as 'Mariotto Albertinelli'.
E. Fahy, 'The Master of Apollo and Daphne,' The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies, 1968 (1969), pp. 32, 38, no. 15.
E. Fahy, Some Followers of Domenico Ghirlandaio, New York and London, 1976, pp. 20, 109, no. 17, fig. 15, dated to after 1500.
N. Pons, 'Importante opere perdute di pittori fiorentini a Pistoia e una aggiunta al Maestro di Apollo and Daphne', Fra Paolino e la pittura a Pistoia nel primo '500, C. D'Affitto, F. Falletti, and A. Muzzi, eds., exhibition catalogue, Pistoia, 1996, p. 52.
| Artist: | Master of the Apollo and Daphne Legend (active 1480-1510) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel, Painted, Tempera |
| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Master of the Apollo and Daphne Legend (active 1480-1510) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel, Painted, Tempera |
| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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