Lot Essay
A comparable panel with birds, flowers and coat of arms is illustrated in H. Schmitz, Das Möbelwerk, Tübingen, 1956, p. 81.
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FLORENTINE SCHOOL, THIRD QUARTER 15TH CENTURY
Details
AN ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED PANEL
FLORENTINE SCHOOL, THIRD QUARTER 15TH CENTURY
Decorated with two coats of arms supported by cornucopiae filled with flowers and fruit, a peacock, a pheasant, birds and flowers, the reverse inscribed A234, originally the front panel of a cassone
47 cm. high x 182 cm. wide
FLORENTINE SCHOOL, THIRD QUARTER 15TH CENTURY
Decorated with two coats of arms supported by cornucopiae filled with flowers and fruit, a peacock, a pheasant, birds and flowers, the reverse inscribed A234, originally the front panel of a cassone
47 cm. high x 182 cm. wide
Provenance
With Stefano Bardini, Florence, acquired in 1907 by Prince Johannes II of Liechtenstein.
Veste Liechtenstein, Mödling, 1907.
Vienna, 1909.
Veste Liechtenstein, Mödling, 1911.
Alserbachpalais, Vienna, 1922.
Veste Liechtenstein, Mödling, 1907.
Vienna, 1909.
Veste Liechtenstein, Mödling, 1911.
Alserbachpalais, Vienna, 1922.
Literature
P. Schubring, Cassoni. Truhen und Truhenbilder der italienischen Frührenaissance. Ein Beitrag zur Profanmalerei im Quattrocento, Leipzig, 1915, p. 234, no. 73, pl. XI.
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