LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

14.37 in. (36.50 cm.) (height) by 11.02 in. (28.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed and dated on the ledge: CHRISTVS VIVIFICAT SVAM FIGVRAM . MDVII ./ MONTAGNAE CELEBRIS MANVS VENVSTAT. DIE. III MARCII

Literature:

E.A. Cicogna,. Delle Iscrizioni Veneziane , IV, Venice 1853 (1834), pp. 274 and 349; . . M. Azzi Visentini, 'In margine a un dipinto inedito di Bartolomeo Montagna', in. Antichità Viva , vol. XIX, no. 5, 1980, pp. 5-10, reproduced p. 6, fig. 1 and on the cover.

Provenance:

Recorded in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 1626 ('. La Testa di N.S. giovine in legno con cornice di legno dorata opera del Montagna', 20 June 1626 inventory, no. 16, and '. una testa bellissma del Salvatore del Montagna' , when hanging in the sacristy of San Giorgio Maggiore between 1671 & 1696; see Cicogna 1853, pp. 349 and 274 respectively);. Moved to the Scuola della Misericordia on 28 July 1806 following the secularization of the monastery; . Acquired 1838 by the well-known book and art dealer Zelotti in exchange for a collection of drawings; . Angelo de Amici, Milan; . His sale, Milan, Giulio Sambon, 14 March 1889, lot 8, where acquired by a Swiss private collector; Thence by descent. .