LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tempera on panel, gold ground, a fragment

Size Notes:

overall, with added strips; painted surface: 67.3 by 52.5 cm.

Literature:

C. Virch, The Adele and Arthur Lehman Collection, New York 1965, pp. 16–17, reproduced (tentatively attributed to Lorenzo Veneziano, circa 1400);; B.B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1972, pp. 237, 332, 609 (as by an unknown Romagnole painter of the 15th century);; K. Baetjer, European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born in or Before 1865, New York 1980, vol. I, p. 94, reproduced vol. II, p. 147 (as North Italian, third quarter of the 15th century);; F. Zeri and E.E. Gardner, Italian Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, North Italian School, New York 1986, pp. 69–70, reproduced plate 11 (as by an anonymous Emilian painter, circa 1450, influenced by Venetian painting of the late 14th century);; A. De Marchi, "Michele di Matteo a Venezia e l'eredità lagunare di Gentile da Fabriano," in Prospettiva, 51, October 1987, p. 35 no. 83 (as an early work by "Pseudo-Giambono");; A. De Marchi, Gentile da Fabriano: Un viaggio nella pittura italiana alla fine del gotico, Milan 1992, p. 92 note 89 (as "Pseudo-Giambono");; K. Baetjer, European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born Before 1865, a Summary Catalogue, New York 1995, p. 60, reproduced (as Priamo della Quercia);; L. Pisani, "Appunti su Priamo della Quercia," in Arte cristiana, 84, May–June 1996, pp. 171, 175-76, 179, 181-82, notes 32–33, reproduced fig. 7 (as an early work by Priamo della Quercia);; C.B. Strehlke, Italian Paintings 1250–1450 in the John G. Johnson Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia 2004, p. 363 (as an early work by Priamo, datable 1428-1432).

Provenance:

Acquired by Arthur Lehman (1873-1936), New York, by 1919 from a source in Rome via the help of R. Langton Douglas (1864-1951) and Philip Lehman (1861-1947); By inheritance to his widow, Adele Lehman (1882-1965), New York; By whom bequeathed in memory of her husband to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1965, inv. no. 65.181.3.