The Decameron

Details

Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)
The Decameron
tempera on board
13 x 8¾ in. (33 x 22.2 cm.), image; 14½ x 8¾ in. (36.8 x 22.2 cm.), sheet
Painted circa 1940.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by Daniel Burne Jones, Oak Park, Illinois.

Lot Essay

The present work was featured on the jacket cover of the 1949 edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's masterpiece The Decameron.

This painting will be included in Scott Ferris' forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.