GENOESE SCHOOL, 15TH CENTURY | THE MADONNA AND CHILD
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February 5, 05:52 PM GMT
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10,000 - 15,000 USD
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GENOESE SCHOOL, 15TH CENTURY
THE MADONNA AND CHILD
tempera and gold on panel, unframed
panel: 24½ by 18¼ in.; 61.4 by 46.5 cm
Bruno Canto, Milan;
In the present collection since at least 1963.
This anonymous painter shows the influence of the Genoese master Donato de' Bardi. The sculptural quality of the molded flesh, the roundness of the Madonna's face and the precise, linear treatment of her downcast eyes all recall de' Bardi's Saint Stephen, formerly in the Cicogna Mozzoni collection, Milan.(1) This painting was cleaned recently, which revealed the open eye underneath. The overpaint was likely done at some point in the 19th/20th Century.
1. F. Zeri, Diario di Lavoro, Turin 1976, p. 48, reproduced figs. 41 and 43 in detail.