ID 1358441
Lot 18 | MICHELE DI MATTEO (ACTIVE BOLOGNA, 1416-1469)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, a wing of an altarpiece
tempera, oil and gold on panel, unframed
40 ¼ x 23 ½ in. (102.1 x 60.1 cm.)
Provenance
The Malvezzi-Lupari collection, Bologna, and by descent to,
Don Astorre Hercolani (1799-1828), V Prince Hercolani, Bologna (his crest on the reverse), and by descent to his wife,
Marchioness Maria Malvezzi Lupari (1780-1865), and by descent until,
[Paintings from the Malvezzi (Lupari) and Ercolani Collection of Bologna]; Hotel Drouot, Paris, 7 February 1868, lot 4, as Vitale da Bologna (with the wing depicting Saint Bartholomew and Emperor Heraclius, identified incorrectly as Saint André, as lot 5).
with Luigi Bellini, Florence.
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 6 October 2009, lot 10.
Acquired in April 2012 by the present owner.
Literature
F.A. Ghedini, 'Squarci della pittura bolognese', Atti e Memorie dell’Accademia Clementina di Bologna, VII, Bologna, 1960, p. 76.
M. Medica, 'Michele di Matteo,' in La pittura in Italia. Il Quattrocento, II, F. Zeri, ed., Milan, 1987, p. 711.
G. Freuler, 'Manifestatori delle cose Miracolose' Arte Italiana del '300 e '400 da collesioni in Svizzea e nel Liechtenstein, exhibition catalogue, Lugano, 1991, p. 160.
M. Medica, La quadreria di Gioacchino Rossini: il ritorno della Collezione Hercolani a Bologna, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, 2002, p. 52 and 54, illustrated.
| Applied technique: | Painted, Tempera |
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| Medium: | Gold, Gold ground panel |
| Art style: | Gothic Revival |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Painted, Tempera |
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| Medium: | Gold, Gold ground panel |
| Art style: | Gothic Revival |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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