LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tempera on panel, gold ground

Measurements:

47.64 in. (121.00 cm.) (height) by 23.43 in. (59.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed on the bottom of the frame: AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS TECHUM BE

Condition:

in an engaged frame, arched top

Exhibited:

Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Zweite Veröffentlichung des Staedelschen Kunstinstituts Herausgegeben von Georg Swarzenski, Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz, Summer, 1925, no. 108 (as Italian Master, late 14th century); Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Vorläufiges Verzeichnis der Ausstellung von Meisterwerken Alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Summer, 1925, no. 116 (as Italian Master, late 14th century).

Literature:

G. Swarzenski, Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz, Frankfurt 1925, p. 37, cat. no. 108, reproduced plate VIII (as Italian Master, late 14th century).

Provenance:

Francesca di Lorenzo di Niccolo Frescobaldi, included in her dowry at the time of her marriage in 1508 to Paolo Tolomeo di Neri di Ser Piero di Tolomeo Gucci Tolomei (according to an old handwritten label on the reverse); Possibly Angiolo di Matteo Frescobaldi (1811-1892) [see note below]; Heinrich Kaven, Berlin, by 1917; His sale (and others), Lepke's, Berlin, March 22, 1917, lot 121 (as by Taddeo Gaddi); Harry Fuld, Sr., Frankfurt, by 1925 to before 1932; With Galerie Heinemann, Wiesbaden, 1970's.