Lot 27
27
The Argonaut Master (Florence active circa 1470)
PROPERTY FROM THE SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
The Argonaut Master (Florence active circa 1470)

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Details
The Argonaut Master (Florence active circa 1470)
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
oil on panel, top corners made up to rectangle
27¼ x 17½ in. (69.2 x 44.4 cm.)
Provenance
with John Levy Galleries, New York, as Giovanni Boccati, where purchased by the museum in 1927.
Literature
S. Castri, Il Maestro di San Miniato, Pisa, 1988, pp. 207-8; 210, note 11, fig. 162, as 'unknown Florentine painter' (raffinato ed eccentrico).

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Mr. Everett Fahy for suggesting the attribution to the Argonaut Master based on first-hand inspection (private communication, 18 July, 2002). Mr. Fahy believes the artist was following a design by Pesallino.

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