Saint Anthony Abbot: a pinnacle of an altarpiece

Details

Circle of Giovanni Bonsi
Saint Anthony Abbot: a pinnacle of an altarpiece
on panel
18¾ x 9 in. (47.7 x 22.8 in.) overall
in an integral frame

Provenance

Miss J.V. Mellor.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 November 1944, lot 59.
with J. Leger & Son, London, 1954.

Literature

M. Boskovits, Pittura fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento, Florence, 1975, p. 320, fig. 36, as Giovanni Bonsi.

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, 1939.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Initially attributed to Bonsi in full by Dr. Miklós Boskovits (loc. cit, dated c. 1365/70), for whose assistance we are very grateful, who linked it to a companion pinnacle now in the Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey (bequest of Millard Meiss). Professor Boskovits now regards the attribution as uncertain, and will be publishing the work as 'close to Giovanni Bonsi' in the forthcoming catalogue of the Offner Corpus.

We are also grateful to Everett Fahy for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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