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Sold Without Reserve | GIOVANNI ANTONIO DA PESARO | CRUCIFIXION

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May 22, 08:55 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Sold Without Reserve

GIOVANNI ANTONIO DA PESARO

Pesaro, circa 1415-1478

CRUCIFIXION

tempera and gold ground on panel

16½ by 11¼ in.; 42 by 28.5 cm.

Please note the following amendments to the printed catalogue: Please note the updated cataloguing below for the present lot which differs from that published in our print catalogue. *PROVENANCE: With Vittore Franscione, Florence, by 1944; Private collection, Florence, by 1950; Private Piemontese collection, by circa 1950-1960; Anonymous sale, Milan, Porro & Co., 25 November 2009, lot 3; There acquired. *EXHIBITED: Venice, 'Mostra Nazionale Antiquaria: Quattrocento pitture inedite,' 1947, no. 15; Bologna, 'Mostra della Pittura Bolognese del Trecento,' May - October 1950, no. 107 (as possibly by Giovanni da Modena); Verbania, 'Mostra di antiche pitture e di scultura contemporanea,' 1960. *LITERATURE: R. Longhi, 'Lavori in Valpadana dal Trecento al primo Cinquecento. 1934-1964, Pittura bolognese ed emiliana del Trecento,' Florence 1973, p. 166; C. Volpe,' La pittura nell'Emilia e nella Romagna. Raccolta di scritti sul Trecento e Quattrocento,' Modena 1993, p. 69-70, reproduced fig. 124 (as Attributed to Giovanni da Modena); M. Minardi, in 'The Alana Collection: Italian Paintings from the 14th to 16th Century,' vol. 3, Florence 2014, pp. 117-124, cat. no. 17, reproduced (as dated to the 1430s).

With Vittore Franscione, Florence, by 1944;

Private collection, Florence, by 1950;

Private Piemontese collection, by circa 1950-1960;

Anonymous sale, Milan, Porro & Co., 25 November 2009, lot 3;

There acquired.

R. Longhi, Lavori in Valpadana dal Trecento al primo Cinquecento. 1934-1964, Pittura bolognese ed emiliana del Trecento, Florence 1973, p. 166;

C. Volpe, La pittura nell'Emilia e nella Romagna. Raccolta di scritti sul Trecento e Quattrocento, Modena 1993, p. 69-70, reproduced fig. 124 (as Attributed to Giovanni da Modena);

M. Minardi, in The Alana Collection: Italian Paintings from the 14th to 16th Century, vol. 3, Florence 2014, pp. 117-124, cat. no. 17, reproduced (as dated to the 1430s).

Although once ascribed to the Bolognese artist Giovanni da Modena, this painting is consistent with the youthful output of his student, Giovanni Antonio da Pesaro. It visually compares to a tradition that arose during the late Gothic period in Bologna, and it should be dated to to circa 1440, before the young artist's return to the Marches.