THE MASTER OF THE FIGDOR SAINT EUSTACE (ACTIVE CIRCA 1490)

Lot 38
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 38 | THE MASTER OF THE FIGDOR SAINT EUSTACE (ACTIVE CIRCA 1490)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
THE MASTER OF THE FIGDOR SAINT EUSTACE (ACTIVE CIRCA 1490)
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
oil on panel, laid down on panel
34 ¾ x 25 ¾ in. (88.2 x 65.2 cm.)




Provenance

(Possibly) Private collection, Naples, 1930s (according to Benati, op. cit., p. 272).
Private collection, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2017, lot 14, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

S. Tumidei, in M. Foschi and L. Prati, eds., Melozzo da Forlì, La sua città e il suo tempo, exhibition catalogue, Milan, 1994, pp. 60, 66 and 67, illustrated, as 'Circle of Melozzo da Forlì, possibly a Roman artist'.
Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Gesamtverzeichnis, Berlin, 1996, p. 122, under no. 2143, as 'Umbro-Roman, end of the 15th century'.
A. Tambini, in N. Ceroni, ed., Pinacoteca comunale di Ravenna, Museo d'Arte della Cittá, La Collezione Antica, Ravenna, 2001, p. 52, as 'possibly Marco Palmezzano, under the influence of Melozzo da Forlì'.
A. Tambini, 'Postille al Palmezzano,' Romagna Arte e Storia, XXIII, January-April 2003, p. 32, no. 10, as 'possibly Marco Palmezzano, under the influence of Melozzo da Forlì'.
S. Tumidei, in A. Paolucci, L. Prati and S. Tumidei, ed., Marco Palmezzano, il Rinascimento nelle Romagne, exhibition catalogue, Milan, 2005, pp. 184-185, no. 5, illustrated, as 'Pittore melozzesco (Maestro del Sant' Eustachio Figdor)'.
S. Tumidei, Studi sulla pittura in Emilia e in Romagna: Da Melozzo a Federico Zuccari, 1987-2008, Trento, 2011, pp. 115-117, fig. 47.
D. Benati, in, D. Benati, M. Natale and A. Paolucci, eds., Melozzo da Forlì. L'umana bellezza tra Piero della Francesca e Raffaello, Milan, 2011, pp. 272-5, no. 70, as 'Collaboratore di Melozzo da Forlì ("Maestro del Sant' Eustachio Figdor")'.



Exhibited

Forlì, Musei San Domenico, Marco Palmezzano, il Rinascimento nelle Romagne, 4 December 2005-30 April 2006, no. 5, as 'Pittore melozzesco (Maestro del Sant' Eustachio Figdor)'.
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