Lot Essay
Comparable miniatures on vellum by Flaminio, brother of Francesco Allegrini were sold in these Rooms, 7 July 1992, lot 172, illustrated.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Flaminio Allegrini (active 1625-1635)
A portable Altarpiece with the Madonna and Child enthroned and flanked by two Angels holding up a Curtain, adored by Saint Dominic and a Cardinal Saint on the left, Saint Catherine of Siena and other female Saints on the right; the central Compartment surrounded by 22 Scenes representing, clockwise, the Transfiguration, Saint Peter, the Resurrection, Saint Mark, the Agony in the Garden, the Road to Calvary, the Mocking of Christ, the Crucifixion, the Flagellation, Saint John the Evangelist, the Assumption of the Virgin, the Last Supper, the Coronation of the Virgin, Saint Matthew, Christ disputing with the Doctors, the Presentation in the Temple, the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Visitation, the Annunciation, Saint Mark, Pentecost, Saint Paul; the Pediment with a Scene of the Holy Ghost and a Concert of Angels; in a nineteenth-century tabernacle frame
Details
Flaminio Allegrini (active 1625-1635)
A portable Altarpiece with the Madonna and Child enthroned and flanked by two Angels holding up a Curtain, adored by Saint Dominic and a Cardinal Saint on the left, Saint Catherine of Siena and other female Saints on the right; the central Compartment surrounded by 22 Scenes representing, clockwise, the Transfiguration, Saint Peter, the Resurrection, Saint Mark, the Agony in the Garden, the Road to Calvary, the Mocking of Christ, the Crucifixion, the Flagellation, Saint John the Evangelist, the Assumption of the Virgin, the Last Supper, the Coronation of the Virgin, Saint Matthew, Christ disputing with the Doctors, the Presentation in the Temple, the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Visitation, the Annunciation, Saint Mark, Pentecost, Saint Paul; the Pediment with a Scene of the Holy Ghost and a Concert of Angels; in a nineteenth-century tabernacle frame
bodycolour heightened with gold on vellum, the central compartment stretched over a copper plate
818 x 473 mm. overall, the central compartment 287 x 224 mm.
A portable Altarpiece with the Madonna and Child enthroned and flanked by two Angels holding up a Curtain, adored by Saint Dominic and a Cardinal Saint on the left, Saint Catherine of Siena and other female Saints on the right; the central Compartment surrounded by 22 Scenes representing, clockwise, the Transfiguration, Saint Peter, the Resurrection, Saint Mark, the Agony in the Garden, the Road to Calvary, the Mocking of Christ, the Crucifixion, the Flagellation, Saint John the Evangelist, the Assumption of the Virgin, the Last Supper, the Coronation of the Virgin, Saint Matthew, Christ disputing with the Doctors, the Presentation in the Temple, the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Visitation, the Annunciation, Saint Mark, Pentecost, Saint Paul; the Pediment with a Scene of the Holy Ghost and a Concert of Angels; in a nineteenth-century tabernacle frame
bodycolour heightened with gold on vellum, the central compartment stretched over a copper plate
818 x 473 mm. overall, the central compartment 287 x 224 mm.
Provenance
An unidentified stamp F.G in a heart below a crown on the backing board (fig. 1).