Sold Without Reserve | MASTER OF THE RICHARDSON TRIPTYCH | CHRIST AS THE MAN OF SORROWS

Blue Art Limited, London;

Where acquired in 2012.

This small, remarkably well preserved fragment likely formed the central pinnacle of a portable triptych for private devotion. The attribution to the anonymous Sienese artist known as the Master of the Richardson Triptych came from Miklós Boskovits and was confirmed by Everett Fahy. Active in the late 14th and possibly the early 15th century, the master worked in the circle of Francesco di Vannuccio (c. 1356 - 1389) and was later influenced by Paolo di Giovanni Fei (1345 - 1411) [1].

1. See E. Fahy, "The Master of the Richardson Tabernacle," in Arte Cristiana XCVI, no. 846 (May-June 2008): pp. 171-180; G. Freuler, in "Manifestatori delle cose miracolose": arte italiana del '300 e '400 da collezioni in Svizzera e nel Liechtenstein, exhibition catalogue, Lugano 1991, pp. 76-78, note 22.