LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tempera and gold on panel

Measurements:

45.98 in. (116.80 cm.) (height) by 25.98 in. (66.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed 'T VIRGO MARIA SIMILIS P' (upper center, on the Virgin's halo)

Literature:

R. Offner, 'The Mostra del Tesoro di Firenze Sacra-I', Burlington Magazine, LXIII, no. 365, August 1933, p. 84, note 60, as by the 'Master of the S. Nicolò Altarpiece'. M. Meiss, Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death, Princeton, 1951, p. 42, note 119, as by a follower of the Cione brothers. M. Boskovits, Pittura fiorentina alla vigilia del rinascimento, 1370-1400, Florence, 1975, p. 211, note 55, as by the 'Master of the San Niccolò Altarpiece'. R. Offner, A Critical and Historical Corpus of Florentine Paintings: The Fourteenth Century, Supplement: A Legacy of Attributions, ed. by H.B.J. Maginnis, Locust Valley, New York, 1981, p. 47 (erroneously listed as in the Heinz Kisters collection), as by the 'Master of the S. Niccolò Sacristy'. E.S. Skaug, Punchmarks from Giotto to Fra Angelico: Attribution, Chronology, and Workshop Relationships in the Tuscan Panel Painting, with Particular Consideration to Florence, c. 1330-1430, Oslo, 1994, I, pp. 149-150, note 84; II, n.p. (punch chart no. 6.4) (erroneously listed as in the Heinz Kisters collection), as by the 'Master of San Niccolò'. M. Boskovits and A. Tartuferi, Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Galleria dell'Accademia: Dipinti, Florence and Milan, 2003, I, p. 139, under no. 24 (erroneously listed as in the Heinz Kisters collection), as by the 'Maestro dell'Altare di San Niccolò'.

Provenance:

Ing. Arnaldo Corsi (1853-1919), Palazzo Mancini, Florence. Acquired by the present owner in 1956.