LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tempera and gold ground, on panel

Measurements:

12.01 in. (30.50 cm.) (height) by 8.66 in. (22.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, . Meisterwerke aus Baden-Wüttenbergischen Privatbesitz , 9 October 1958 - 10 January 1959, no. 9;. Arquivos Nacionais Torre do Tombo, Lisbon,. Álvaro Pires de Évora : um pintor português na Itália do Quattrocento, 3 February - 3 April. 1994, no. X

Literature:

Staatsgalerie,. Meisterwerke aus Baden-Württembergischen Privatbesitz , exh. cat., Stuttgart 1958, p. 13, cat. no. 9, reproduced fig. 83;. H. Kisters,. Adenauer als Kunstsammler, Munich 1970, p. 42, reproduced p. 43;. F. Zeri, Qualche Appunto Su Alvaro Pirez, in. Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz , 1973, p. 192, reproduced p. 193, fig. 5;. R. Fremantle,. Florentine Gothic painter. From Giotto to Massacio. A guide to painting in and near Florence 1300 to 1450 , London 1975, p. 436, reproduced fig. 899;. M.S. Frinta, . A new work by Alvaro Pirez. , in. Bulletin du Musée National du Varsovie , vol. XVII, 1976, no. 2, p. 35;. F. Todini, Alvaro Pirez dEvora, in. AKL - Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Volker, 1986, vol. II, p. 480-81;. M. Tazartes, Alvaro Pirez dEvora, in. La pittura in Italia. Il Quattrocento , vol. II, Milan 1987, p. 741;. F. Zeri,. Giorno per giorno nella pittura. Scritti sullarte Toscana dal Trecento al primo Cinquecento , Turin 1991, p. 120, reproduced fig. 181;. A. Tarturferi, Alvaro Pirez dEvora, in M. Boskovits (ed.),. The Martello collection. Further paintings, drawings and miniatures , Florence 1992, p. 12;. F. Todini, Alvaro Pirez dEvora, in . Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker , vol. III, Munich and Leipzig 1992, p. 18-19;. P. Dias, A fortuna crítica de Álvaro Pires de Évora, in F. Paulino (Ed.),. Álvaro Pires de Évora. Um pintor português na Italia do Quattrocento , exh. cat., Lisbon 1994, p. 106, reproduced p. 107, and p. 164, cat. no. 12, reproduced. p. 165; . G. Freuler, Alvaro Pirez, in J.Schoch (Ed.),. Engel , Zurich 1999, p. 115;. M. Mrotzek,. Alvaro Pirez - ein Maler der Spätgotik in der Toskana , diss., vol. I, Heidelberg 2009, p. 210-212, cat. no. 28;. . Das Konstanzer Konzil. 1414-1418: Weltereignis des Mittelalters , exhibition catalogue, Karlsruhe 2014, pp. 72, cat. no. 5, reproduced

Provenance:

In the collection of the family of Heinz Kisters (1912-1977), Kreuzlingen, Switzerland;. By whom sold to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967);. By descent to Adenauers heirs, by whom sold back to Heinz Kisters;. His sale (Collection formed by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, the property of Heinz Kisters), London, Christies, 26 June 1970, lot 16, where unsold;. Thence by descent to the present owner