Lot Essay
In recent verbal communication, Professor Miklos Boskovits, on the basis of a black and white photograph, suggests that the present lot originated from central Italy and is dateable to circa 1400.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF KATHERINE AND ALFRED ROMNEY
Central Italian School, circa 1400
The Adoration of the Magi
Details
Central Italian School, circa 1400
The Adoration of the Magi
tempera on gold ground panel
11 x 14½in. (28 x 36.9cm.)
The Adoration of the Magi
tempera on gold ground panel
11 x 14½in. (28 x 36.9cm.)
Provenance
Georges de Spiridon, Rome.
Alberto J. Pani, Mexico City; his sale, Kende Galleries, New York, Dec. 17, 1942, lot 15 as Avignon School.
with Julius H. Weitzner, New York.
Oliver B. James; sale, Parke Bernet, New York, Oct. 19, 1955, lot 10 ($2,200 to the family of the present owners).
Alberto J. Pani, Mexico City; his sale, Kende Galleries, New York, Dec. 17, 1942, lot 15 as Avignon School.
with Julius H. Weitzner, New York.
Oliver B. James; sale, Parke Bernet, New York, Oct. 19, 1955, lot 10 ($2,200 to the family of the present owners).
Literature
A.J. Pani, La Segunda Coleccion Pani de Pinturas, Catalogo Descriptivo y Comentado, 1940, no. 28 as Avignon School.