Lot 501

Madonna and Child surrounded by Saint John, Saint Bernardino of Siena, and angels

Property from the William Boyce Thompson Collection

Sano di Pietro

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Madonna and Child surrounded by Saint John, Saint Bernardino of Siena, and angels

22 January 2021 • New York

Lot 503

Master Paintings Part II

Lot 502

502

Sano di Pietro

Madonna and Child surrounded by Saint John, Saint Bernardino of Siena, and angels

Estimate:

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Property from the William Boyce Thompson Collection

501

502

503

Sano di Pietro

Madonna and Child surrounded by Saint John, Saint Bernardino of Siena, and angels

Estimate:

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot closes:

12 days, 14 hours

January 30, 03:02 PM (GMT)

Description

Property from the William Boyce Thompson Collection

Sano di Pietro

Siena 1405-1481

Madonna and Child surrounded by Saint John, Saint Bernardino of Siena, and angels

inscribed on the Madonna's halo: AVE.GRATIA PLENA.

tempera and gold ground on panel, unframed

panel: 22 1/2 by 15 7/8 in.; 57.2 by 40.4 cm.

Provenance

Signor Giovanni Cresti, Montalcino;
Elia Volpi (1858-1938), Davanzati Palace, Florence;
His sale, New York, American Art Association, 21-27 November 1916, lot 1012;
There acquired by William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), New York, for $1,000;
Thence by descent.

Literature

B. Berenson, The Central Italian Painters of the Renaissance, New York and London 1909, p. 238;
J.A. Crowe and G.B. Cavalcaselle, A History of Painting in Italy: Umbria, Florence and Siena from the Second to the Sixteenth Century, vol. V, New York 1914, p. 174;
R. van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. IX, The Hague 1927, p. 530;
R. Ferrazza, Palazzo Davanzati e le collezioni di Elia Volpi, 1994, p. 274.

Exhibited

Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Mostra dell'antica arte senese, April - August 1904, no. 24 (lent by Giovanni Cresti).