Old Masters
Old Masters
Property from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg
Lot Closed
June 11, 02:56 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg
SWISS SCHOOL, CIRCA 1500
HEAD OF CHRIST
tempera and oil on panel, unframed
panel: 13 by 9⅛ in.; 33 by 23.2 cm.
In style, size, and composition, this small painting can be closely compared to three anonymous heads of Apostles formerly in the Linsky collection and today in the Bob Jones University Museum.1 That they all show bust length figures looking left or right, with similar expressions and gilt halos, suggests that they may have once been part of the same series.
1. T. Kennedy and J. Nolan, A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, Nashville 2011, p. 168, all three reproduced in color.