WORKSHOP OF PIETRO LORENZETTI (ACTIVE SIENA C.1306-1345) - photo 1
WORKSHOP OF PIETRO LORENZETTI (ACTIVE SIENA C.1306-1345) - photo 2
WORKSHOP OF PIETRO LORENZETTI (ACTIVE SIENA C.1306-1345) - photo 3

WORKSHOP OF PIETRO LORENZETTI (ACTIVE SIENA C.1306-1345)

Lot 12
03.12.2024 13:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 12 | WORKSHOP OF PIETRO LORENZETTI (ACTIVE SIENA C.1306-1345)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
WORKSHOP OF PIETRO LORENZETTI (ACTIVE SIENA C.1306-1345)
The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Mary Magdalene, John the Evangelist and a Franciscan Saint
tempera on gold ground panel, in its original engaged frame
16 1/8 x 10 ¼ in. (40.9 x 26 cm.)
with its original painted reverse




Provenance

Achillito Chiesa (1881-1951), Milan, by 1926; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 16 April 1926, lot 12, as 'Pietro Lorenzetti', when acquired for $5,600 by the following,
with Ercole Canessa, New York and Naples.
with Albrighi, Florence, 1946-1950.
with Frascione, Florence, 1950.
with Wildenstein and Co., New York, by 1974, where acquired by the following,
Private collection, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner in circa 2018.



Literature

'Chiesa Paintings', Art News, XXIV, 24 April 1926, p. 11, no. 12.
E.T. Dewald, Pietro Lorenzetti, Cambridge Mass., 1930, p. 38.
R. Longhi, 'Una Crocefissione di Pietro Lorenzetti', Paragone, II, no. 23, November 1951, pp. 26-27, pl. 15, as 'Pietro Lorenzetti', dated 1330-1335.
M. Meiss, 'Nuovi dipinti e vecchi problemi', Rivista d'Arte, XXX, 1955, p. 135, under note 40.
B. Nicholson, 'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions', The Burlington Magazine, CXVI, July 1974, p. 418.
T. Crombie, 'Round the Galleries: Highlights from Helicon', Apollo, C, August 1974, p. 156, fig. 1, as 'Pietro Lorenzetti'.
E. Skaug, 'Notes on the chronology of Ambrogio Lorenzetti and a new painting from his shop', Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, XX, 1976, p. 313, under note 40, as an anonymous pupil of Lorenzetti.
M. Seidel, 'Das Frühwerk von Pietro Lorenzetti', Städel-Jahrbuch, VIII, 1981, pp. 79-158.
G. Chelazzi Dini, in Il gotico a Siena, exhibition catalogue, Florence, 1982, p. 253, as 'Pietro Lorenzetti', dating to just before 1335.
M. Boskovits, 'Considerations on Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti', Paragone, XXXVII, no. 439, September 1986, p. 5, under note 10, as 'Pietro Lorenzetti'.
M. Laclotte, 'Quelques tableautins de Pietro Lorenzetti', "Il se rendit en Italie": Etudes offertes à André Chastel, Rome, 1987, p. 31, as 'Pietro Lorenzetti', dating between 1330-1335?.
C. Volpe and M, Lucco, eds., Pietro Lorenzetti: L'opera Completa, Milan, 1989, pp. 209-210, no. A28, as an artist very close to Pietro Lorenzetti.
M.J. Frinta, Punched Decoration on late Medieval Panel and Miniature Painting, I, Prague, 1998, p. 114, no. Ca15, as 'close to Lorenzetti (Simone de Gheri?)'.
M. Boskovits, ed., The Alana Collection: Italian Paintings from the 13th to the 15th Century, Florence, 2009, pp. 167-171, no. 29, illustrated, with catalogue entry by A. Labriola.



Exhibited

London, Helikon Gallery, Exhibition of Old Masters, June-September 1974, no. 1, as 'Pietro Lorenzetti'.
Artist:Pietro Lorenzetti (1280 - 1348)
Applied technique:Painted, Tempera
Medium:Gold ground panel
Art style:Old Masters
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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