LOT DETAILS

Materials:

on gold ground panel

Measurements:

14.72 in. (37.40 cm.) (height) by 9.96 in. (25.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed 'AVE · GRATIA · PLENA · DOMINUS · TE[.]' (on the Madonna's halo) and 'XPS' (on the Christ Child's halo)

Literature:

B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: the Central Italian and North Italian Schools, London and New York, 1968, I, p. 375.

Provenance:

J.N. Sepp (1816-1909), Munich. Highly Important Pictures from the Collection Formed by the Late Chancellor Konrad Adenauer; Christie’s, London, 26 June 1970, lot 21, from which time in the possession of the following, H. Kisters, Kreuzlingen, and by descent to the present owner.