Main register:The Virgin and the Child surrounded by Saint Anthony Abbot, (…)
Main register:The Virgin and the Child surrounded by Saint Anthony Abbot, (…)
Main register:The Virgin and the Child surrounded by Saint Anthony Abbot, (…)
Main register:The Virgin and the Child surrounded by Saint Anthony Abbot, (…)
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Rennes Enchères | April 3, 2023

€99,630 with fees

Mariotto di NARDO

(Active in Florence between 1394 – 1424)

Main register:The Virgin and the Child surrounded by Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Catherine, Saint Julian, Saint Lucia
Pinacle: Christ and the two crucified thieves, the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelical, Saint Madeleine sitting at the foot of the cross
Prelede: Saint Franciscan, the Angel and the Virgin of the Annunciation

40000 - 60000€

Unique devotion panel. Egg painting and gold background on wooden panel, top in third-point
81 x 44 cm overall.
Panel thickness: 3 cm.

Provenance:

Marseille private collection, acquired in 1948 by Louis Pierre Bresset, Marseille

Acquired by Dr. Jean Lambert from the L.P. gallery. BRESSET in Paris in 2002 for the sum of €90,000

Exhibitions:

According to four labels placed on the reverse: The Arts of the Middle Ages, Galerie San Michele, Marseille 1949, n°13

The art of the Middle Ages in the Marseille collections, Marseille, Cantini Museum 1952, n°3 (attributed to Giovanni di Paolo)

Art of the Middle Ages, Château de La Rochelambert 1953 (like Giovanni di Paolo)

Tapestry and art in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Château de Culan 1960, n°19 (like Giovanni di Paolo)

Arte in Val d’Elsa dal secolo XII al XVIII, Certaldo, Palazzo Pretorio 28 July-31 October 1963, p.36

State

On the reverse side, the panel was reinforced on its perimeter by large pieces of wood, forming parquet. Vertical slit affecting the center of the panel that led to a lifting of the pictorial layer at the level of the virgin and the child on the front.

Pictorial surface and gold background: Visible wear, lifts and restorations, mainly along the central slot.

Original ogival arrated shape frame, restorations in the gilding. Also original, the pastiglia ornament of the arcade and punched haloes.

Registrations

On the base, in Gothic letters repainted on a cartridge with a red background surrounded by an original golden punched ornament: AVE GRATIA PLENA DNS (dominus)

On the back, in the upper part, stencil ink mark of an old Christie’s “034 CW” sale.

Sold for the benefit of the town hall of Parigné, at the request of Maître BIHR, notary in St Aubin du Cormier