The Collection of Hester Diamond Part I
The Collection of Hester Diamond Part I
Filippino Lippi
Penitent Mary Magdalene adoring the True Cross in a rocky landscape
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January 29, 04:53 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Filippino Lippi
Prato circa 1457 - 1504 Florence
Penitent Mary Magdalene adoring the True Cross in a rocky landscape
tempera grassa on panel, with a shaped top and a later engaged frame
painted surface: 25 ½ by 12 ¼ in.; 64.8 by 31.1 cm.
with engaged frame: 29 ½ by 16 ½ in.; 74.9 by 41.9 cm.
Probably: Gustaf Graf von Ingenheim (1789-1855) [Graf von Ingenheim´sche Bildersammlung, Erbinventar - Gemäldeverzeichnis: Nr. 33, Reisewitz, 1883, as Carpaccio: 'Büßende Magdalena mit langem Haar, vor einem Cruzifix knieend'];
Franz Xaverius Gustav Maria Graf von Ingenheim, Reisewitz (1846 - 1919) acquired 4 February 1898 (according to label on reverse);
Thence by descent to Harald Graf von Ingenheim, Starnberg bei München (1892 - 1978);
From whom acquired by Julius Böhler & Co, Munich, 21 February 1952 (stock #5-52);
From whom acquired by M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 26 March 1952 (stock #4851);
From whom acquired by Denys Sutton (1917 - 1991), 2 January 1964, and by descent;
By whom sold, New York, Christie’s, 26 January 2005, lot 65;
There acquired.
Franz Xaverius Gustav Maria Graf von Ingenheim, Reisewitz (1846 - 1919) acquired 4 February 1898 (according to label on reverse);
Thence by descent to Harald Graf von Ingenheim, Starnberg bei München (1892 - 1978);
From whom acquired by Julius Böhler & Co, Munich, 21 February 1952 (stock #5-52);
From whom acquired by M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 26 March 1952 (stock #4851);
From whom acquired by Denys Sutton (1917 - 1991), 2 January 1964, and by descent;
By whom sold, New York, Christie’s, 26 January 2005, lot 65;
There acquired.
The Art of Painting in Florence and Siena from 1250 to 1500, exhibition catalogue, London 1965, p. 38 (as dated to circa 1485-88);
P. Zambrano and J.K. Nelson, Filippino Lippi, Milan 2004, pp. 178, 324-325, cat. no. 18, reproduced fig. 170;
J.K. Nelson in D. Arasse, ed., Botticelli e Filippino: L'inquietudine e la grazia nella pittura fiorentina del Quattrocento, exhibition catalogue, Florence 2004, pp. 304-06, no. 59;
J.K. Nelson, "Maddalena ritrovata. L'apparizione' di due Maddalence di Filippino Lippi," Art e Dossier, no. 199, April 2004, pp. 42-47;
A.S. Melikian-Chirvani, "Pricing the Old Masters," International Herald Tribune, 5-6 February 2005, p. 9;
G.J. van der Sman, ed., Ghirlandaio y el Renacimiento en Florencia, Madrid 2010, exhibition catalogue, no. 59, p. 224, reproduced in color p. 225.
P. Zambrano and J.K. Nelson, Filippino Lippi, Milan 2004, pp. 178, 324-325, cat. no. 18, reproduced fig. 170;
J.K. Nelson in D. Arasse, ed., Botticelli e Filippino: L'inquietudine e la grazia nella pittura fiorentina del Quattrocento, exhibition catalogue, Florence 2004, pp. 304-06, no. 59;
J.K. Nelson, "Maddalena ritrovata. L'apparizione' di due Maddalence di Filippino Lippi," Art e Dossier, no. 199, April 2004, pp. 42-47;
A.S. Melikian-Chirvani, "Pricing the Old Masters," International Herald Tribune, 5-6 February 2005, p. 9;
G.J. van der Sman, ed., Ghirlandaio y el Renacimiento en Florencia, Madrid 2010, exhibition catalogue, no. 59, p. 224, reproduced in color p. 225.