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.
London, Wildenstein, The Art of Painting in Florence and Siena from 1250 to 1500, 25 February - 10 April 1965, no. 65 (as dated to circa 1485-1488);
Paris, Musée du Luxembourg; Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Botticelli e Filippino: L'inquietudine e la grazia nella pittura fiorentina del Quattrocento, 1 October 2003 - 22 February 2004, no. 59;
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September - December 2006, on loan;
Madrid, Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza, Ghirlandaio y el Renascimiento en Florencia, 23 June - 10 October 2010, no. 59.
Paris, Musée du Luxembourg; Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Botticelli e Filippino: L'inquietudine e la grazia nella pittura fiorentina del Quattrocento, 1 October 2003 - 22 February 2004, no. 59;
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September - December 2006, on loan;
Madrid, Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza, Ghirlandaio y el Renascimiento en Florencia, 23 June - 10 October 2010, no. 59.