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Property from a Private Collection
FILIPPINO LIPPI (PRATO C. 1457-1504 FLORENCE)
The young Saint John the Baptist praying in a landscape, with Saint Jerome in the wilderness beyond - a fragment
Details
FILIPPINO LIPPI (PRATO C. 1457-1504 FLORENCE)
The young Saint John the Baptist praying in a landscape, with Saint Jerome in the wilderness beyond - a fragment
oil on panel
28 7⁄8 x 16 5⁄8 in. (73.3 x 42.3 cm.)
inscribed 'ECCE AGNUS / DEI' (lower right, on the scroll)
The young Saint John the Baptist praying in a landscape, with Saint Jerome in the wilderness beyond - a fragment
oil on panel
28 7⁄8 x 16 5⁄8 in. (73.3 x 42.3 cm.)
inscribed 'ECCE AGNUS / DEI' (lower right, on the scroll)
Provenance
Arthur Ruck, London, by 1919.
William Harrison Woodward (1856-1941), London, by 1925, and by whom sold,
[The Property of W.H. Woodward, Esq., formerly of 39, Harley House, N.W.]; Sotheby's, London, 13 May 1931, lot 29, for £400 to,
Professor Tancred Borenius (1885-1948), London.
with Galerie Fleischmann, Munich, possibly by 1935.
Baron Maurice de Kornfeld (1882-1967), Hungary and later Washington D.C., and by descent until sold,
[Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 6 June 2012, lot 8, where acquired by the present owner.
William Harrison Woodward (1856-1941), London, by 1925, and by whom sold,
[The Property of W.H. Woodward, Esq., formerly of 39, Harley House, N.W.]; Sotheby's, London, 13 May 1931, lot 29, for £400 to,
Professor Tancred Borenius (1885-1948), London.
with Galerie Fleischmann, Munich, possibly by 1935.
Baron Maurice de Kornfeld (1882-1967), Hungary and later Washington D.C., and by descent until sold,
[Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 6 June 2012, lot 8, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
C.H. Collins Baker, 'Old Masters at Messrs. Agnew', The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, XLVI, no. 267, June 1925, p. 301, fig. C.
W.G. Constable, Paintings by Italian masters in the possession of William Harrison Woodward, Oxford, 1928, pp. 19-20, no. 21, illustrated.
B. Berenson, Italian pictures of the Renaissance: A list of the principal artists and their works with an index of places, Oxford, 1932, p. 286.
A. Scharf, Filippino Lippi, Vienna, 1935, p. 110, no. 48, fig. 27.
K.B. Neilson, Filippino Lippi. A critical study, Cambridge, M.A., 1938, pp. 74-75.
L. Berti and U. Baldini, Filippino Lippi, Florence, 1957, p. 84, no. 50.
B. Berenson, Italian pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School, I, London, 1963, p. 110.
L. Berti and U. Baldini, Filippino Lippi, Florence, 1991, p. 190.
P. Zambrano and J.K. Nelson, Filippino Lippi, Milan, 2004, pp. 251, 320, no. 14, fig. 253.
M. Kornfeld, Reflections on Twentieth Century Hungary: A Hungarian Magnate's View, Wayne, NJ, 2007, p. 64.
W.G. Constable, Paintings by Italian masters in the possession of William Harrison Woodward, Oxford, 1928, pp. 19-20, no. 21, illustrated.
B. Berenson, Italian pictures of the Renaissance: A list of the principal artists and their works with an index of places, Oxford, 1932, p. 286.
A. Scharf, Filippino Lippi, Vienna, 1935, p. 110, no. 48, fig. 27.
K.B. Neilson, Filippino Lippi. A critical study, Cambridge, M.A., 1938, pp. 74-75.
L. Berti and U. Baldini, Filippino Lippi, Florence, 1957, p. 84, no. 50.
B. Berenson, Italian pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School, I, London, 1963, p. 110.
L. Berti and U. Baldini, Filippino Lippi, Florence, 1991, p. 190.
P. Zambrano and J.K. Nelson, Filippino Lippi, Milan, 2004, pp. 251, 320, no. 14, fig. 253.
M. Kornfeld, Reflections on Twentieth Century Hungary: A Hungarian Magnate's View, Wayne, NJ, 2007, p. 64.
Exhibited
London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Loan exhibition of pictures by Old Masters on behalf of the Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway, May-June 1925, no. 1.
Brought to you by
Taylor Alessio
Associate Vice President, Associate Specialist Head of Part II