THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Vittore Crivelli (c.1440-1501/2)
Details
Vittore Crivelli (c.1440-1501/2)
The Madonna and Child enthroned with two music-making Angels
signed and dated 'OPVS VICTORIS CRIVELLI VENETHI 1497' (NE and THI in monogram)
on canvas transferred from gold ground panel, shaped upper corners
45¾ x 29 5/8in. (116 x 75.3cm.)
The Madonna and Child enthroned with two music-making Angels
signed and dated 'OPVS VICTORIS CRIVELLI VENETHI 1497' (NE and THI in monogram)
on canvas transferred from gold ground panel, shaped upper corners
45¾ x 29 5/8in. (116 x 75.3cm.)
Provenance
Probably one of several paintings by Vittore Crivelli signed and dated post-1490 which were acquired by the brother of G. Cantalamessa-Carboni in the Fermo-Ascoli Piceno area and sold by him in Rome
Trotti, Paris, until c.1927/8
with Contini, Rome
Courtauld Collection, Umtali, South Rhodesia, purchased from the above Sept. 1928
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 10 July 1974, lot 19
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 1 Nov. 1978, lot 16
Anon. Sale, Christie's, 10 July 1987, lot 92
Trotti, Paris, until c.1927/8
with Contini, Rome
Courtauld Collection, Umtali, South Rhodesia, purchased from the above Sept. 1928
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 10 July 1974, lot 19
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 1 Nov. 1978, lot 16
Anon. Sale, Christie's, 10 July 1987, lot 92
Literature
G. Cantalamessa-Carboni, Memorie intorno i Letterati e gli Artisti della citta di Ascoli nel Piceno, 1830, p.119
F. Drey, Carlo Crivelli und seine Schule, 1927, pp.99 and 101 and pl.LXXXIII
L. Serra in Enciclopedia Treccani, 1931, p.989
L. Serra, L'Arte nelle Marche, 1934, II, p.392
R. van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, XVIII, 1934-6, p.85, note 1
F. Zeri, Cinque schede per Carlo Crivelli, Arte Antica e Moderna, III, 1961, p.236, no.45
S. di Provvido, La Pittura di Vittore Crivelli, 1972, pp.244-6 and pl.80
F. Drey, Carlo Crivelli und seine Schule, 1927, pp.99 and 101 and pl.LXXXIII
L. Serra in Enciclopedia Treccani, 1931, p.989
L. Serra, L'Arte nelle Marche, 1934, II, p.392
R. van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, XVIII, 1934-6, p.85, note 1
F. Zeri, Cinque schede per Carlo Crivelli, Arte Antica e Moderna, III, 1961, p.236, no.45
S. di Provvido, La Pittura di Vittore Crivelli, 1972, pp.244-6 and pl.80
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Winter Exhibition, 1937-8, no.32