Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas
Giovanni Battista Bertucci il Vecchio
Saint Margaret
This lot has been withdrawn
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas
Giovanni Battista Bertucci il Vecchio
active in Faenza circa 1495 - 1516
Saint Margaret
oil on pine panel
unframed: 81.7 x 50.8 cm.; 32¼ x 20 in.
framed: 93.5 x 62.9 cm.; 36⅞ x 24¾ in.
This Lot has been withdrawn from the sale.
Anonymous sale, Berlin, Graupe, 27-29 May 1935, lot 11 (as Lorenzo Costa);
Anonymous sale, Lucerne, Galerie Fischer, 3-7 December 1963, lot 1109 (as Lorenzo Costa);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 18 April 2000, lot 287 (as follower of Lorenzo Costa);
Where acquired by Sir Peter Jonas (1946–2020).
Anonymous sale, Lucerne, Galerie Fischer, 3-7 December 1963, lot 1109 (as Lorenzo Costa);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 18 April 2000, lot 287 (as follower of Lorenzo Costa);
Where acquired by Sir Peter Jonas (1946–2020).
Everett Fahy suggested this work to be by Giovanni Battista Bertucci il Vecchio, called Giovanni Battista da Faenza, on the basis of photographs, as announced in a saleroom notice when the painting was offered at Sotheby's, 18 April 2000, lot 287.
For more information on the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas, please see: Sir Peter Jones: A Lifelong Love of Old Masters