Lot 96
  • 96

Biagio d'Antonio

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Biagio d'Antonio
  • Christ as The Man of Sorrows
  • oil on poplar panel
  • 27 x 84.3 cm.; 10 5/8  x 33 1/4  in.

Condition

The poplar panel has split into three, either side of the roundel of Christ (visible in the catalogue illustration), and is now held together with small metal brackets. The paint surface is slightly dirty and the varnish is rather discoloured. Numerous small retouchings are visible to the naked eye scattered throughout the paint surface, which fluoresce under ultraviolet light. In overall fair condition.
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Catalogue Note

A comparable painting by Biagio d'Antonio is illustrated in Roberta Bartoli's publication on the artist.1 The published painting features the same decorative floral detail, and geometric structure as the present panel, and other half-length saints and a figure of Christ (this time before the cross). It was known to have been a predella to a larger altarpiece in the Church of Santo Spirito in Florence. The present panel is likely to have served a similar purpose. 1. R. Bartoli, Biagio d'Antonio, Milan 1999, pp. 130-31, reproduced fig. 232.