Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I

Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I

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Property from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker

Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi, called Scheggia

Triumph of Lucius Aemilius Paullus after the Battle of Pydna

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February 1, 04:16 PM GMT

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1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD

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Property from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker

Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi, called Scheggia

San Giovanni Valdarno 1406 - 1486 Florence

Triumph of Lucius Aemilius Paullus after the Battle of Pydna


tempera and oil on panel, gold ground

panel: 17 ⅜ by 58 ¼ in.; 44.1 by 148.0 cm.

framed: 22 ¾ by 62 ⅛ in.; 57.8 cm. by 157.8 cm.

Count Nardi, Florence, 1878;

Joseph Spiridon (1845-1930), Paris;

His sale, Berlin, Cassirer & Helbing, 31 May 1929, lot 50;

With Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, acquired at the above sale for M. 30,000 and until July 1940 when Aryanised by Reichsmarschall Herman Göring (inv. no. 214);

Recovered by the Monuments Officers and taken to the Munich Central Collection Point, 1945 (MCCP. no. 5250);

In the custody of the Dutch Government;

Restituted to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker and Kunsthandel Jacques Goudstikker NV., 6 February 2006.

P. Schubring, Cassoni, Truhen und Truhenbilder der italienischen Frührenaissance, Ein Beitrag zur Profanmalerei im Quattrocento, Leipzig 1915, pp. 246-247, cat. no. 116, reproduced pl. 21 (as Master of the Battle of Anghiari);

W. Weisbach, Trionfi, Berlin 1919, p. 37 note 1;

R. van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. X, The Hague 1928, p. 558, reproduced;

Catalogus van eenige schilderijen en een beeldhouwwerk, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam 1929, cat. no. 93;

R. van Marle, "Die Sammlung Joseph Spiridon," in Der Cicerone 21 (1929), p. 181;

Catalogue des Nouvelles Acquisitions de la Collection Goudstikker, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam 1929, cat. no. 22;

Italiaansche Kunst in nederlandsch Bezit, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam 1934, cat. no. 230;

The Florentine Paintings in Holland, 1300-1500, H.W. van Os and M. Prakken (eds.), Maarssen 1974, p. 85, cat. no. 48, reproduced;

E. Callmann, Apollonio di Giovanni, Oxford 1974, pp. 46 notes 36 and 86 (under rejected attributions);

All the Paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, A Completely Illustrated Catalogue, P.J.J. van Thiel (ed.), Amsterdam 1976, p. 631, cat. no. A 3974, reproduced;

C. Wright, Paintings in Dutch Museums, London and Totowa 1980, p. 261;

Le tems revient, 'l tempo si rinuova, Feste e spettacoli nella Firenze di Lorenzo il Magnifico, exhibition catalogue, P. Ventrone (ed.), Milan 1992, p. 249, cat. no. 7.13, reproduced;

G. Hughes, Renaissance Cassoni, Masterpieces of Early Italian Art, Painted Marriage Chests, 1400-1550, Sussex 1997, p. 229;

S. Cartwright, in Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker, exhibition catalogue, P. Sutton (ed.), New Haven 2008, pp. 84-87, cat. no. 3, reproduced (as Master of the Battle of Anghiari);

N.H. Yeide, Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, The Hermann Goering Collection, Dallas 2009, pp. 53, 255, cat. no. A216, reproduced (as Master of Anghiari).

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Oude Kunst, July - August 1929, no. 93;

Amsterdam, Galerie Goudstikker, Nouvelles Acquisitions de la Collection Goudstikker, November - December 1929, no. 22;

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Italiaansche Kunst in Nederlandisch Bezit, 1 July - 1 October 1934, no. 230;

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, long-term loan from Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam, 1960 - 2006;

Greenwich, Connecticut, Bruce Museum; New York, Jewish Museum, Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker, 10 May 2008 - 2 August 2009, no. 3.