Master Paintings and Drawings Part II
Master Paintings and Drawings Part II
Property from a Private Florida Collection
Saint Eulalia and Saint Madrona
Lot Closed
May 26, 02:18 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Florida Collection
Catalan School, late 16th or early 17th century
Saint Eulalia and Saint Madrona
a pair, both oil on panel, with decoratively carved reliefs on reverse
the former
painted surface: 38½ by 13 in.; 97.8 by 33 cm.
framed: 42¾ by 17⅜ in.; 108.6 by 44.1 cm.
the latter
painted surface: 38¾ by 12⅜ in.; 98.4 by 31.4 cm.
framed: 42¾ by 16¾in.; 108.6 by 42.5 cm.
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These panels were painted by a Catalan artist, likely one active in a workshop in or around Barcelona. The saints depicted, Eulalia and Madrona, were co-patron saints of that city and highly venerated there. Eulalia is shown with a cross, the instrument of her martyrdom, and Saint Madrona is shown with a ship as the protector of sailors. The decoratively carved reverses of each panel, along with the hinges at the edges of both, suggest these panels may have once served as wings to an altarpiece.
We are grateful to Dr. Antoni José i Pitarch for his invaluable assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.