ID 773521
Lot 19 | THE MASTER OF THE FIGDOR SAINT EUSTACE (ACTIVE CIRCA 1490)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
oil on panel
34 3⁄4 x 25 3⁄4 in. (88.2 x 65.2 cm.)
Provenance
Conte Umberto Gnoli (1878-1947).
Art market, Naples.
Private collection, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2017, lot 14, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
S. Tumidei, Melozzo da Forlí, La sua città e il suo tempo, exhibition catalogue, Milan, 1994, pp. 60, 61, 66-68, illustrated, as 'Circle of Melozzo da Forlí, possibly a Roman artist'.
Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Gesamtverzeichnis, Berlin, 1994, p. 322, under cat. no. 2143, as 'UmbroRoman, end of the 15th century'.
N. Ceroni, Pinacoteca comunale di Ravenna, Museo d'Arte della Cittá, La Collezione Antica, Ravenna, 2001, p. 52, as 'possibly Marco Palmezzano while still under the influence of Melozzo da Forli' (entry by A. Tambini).
A. Tambini, 'Postille a Palmezzano,' Romagna Arte e Storia, XXIII, 2003, p. 32, note 10, as 'possibly an early work by Palmezzano'.
S. Tumidei, Studi sulla pittura in Emilia e in Romagna. Da Meolzzo a Federico Zuccari, 1987-2008, Trento, 2011, pp. 115-117, fig. 47.
D. Benati, M. Natale & A. Paolucci, Melozzo da Forlí. L'umana bellezza tra Piero della Francesca e Raffaello, Milan, 2011, pp. 272-275, no. 70.
Exhibited
Forlí, Musei San Domenico, Marco Palmezzano, il Rinascimento nelle Romagne, 4 December 2005-30 April 2006, no. 5, as 'Circle of Melozzo da Forlí, The Master of the Figdor Saint Eustace'.
| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
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| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
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| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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