Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas
Francesco Curradi
The Penitent Magdalene
Lot Closed
December 9, 03:51 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas
Francesco Curradi
Florence 1570 - 1661
The Penitent Magdalene
oil on canvas
unframed: 111.6 x 93.7 cm.; 44 x 36⅞ in.
framed: 148.5 x 127 cm.; 58½ x 50 in.
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 11 December 1996, lot 260;
Where acquired by Sir Peter Jonas (1946–2020).
This is a second version of the composition by Curradi. The prime version was executed as part of a series of seven, all in lunette format, depicting scenes from the life of the Magdalene, now in the Depositi delle Gallerie Fiorentine, Florence.1 The present painting differs in format from the prime version and also in some details, such as the replacement of a sheet of paper with the crucifix. The lunette is signed and dated 1632, providing a terminus post quem for this painting.
1 B. Santi, in Il Seicento Fiorentino, exh. cat., Florence 1987, p. 172, no. 1.58, reproduced.
For more information on the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas, please see: Sir Peter Jones: A Lifelong Love of Old Masters