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BENVENUTO DI GIOVANNI DI MEO DEL GUASTA (SIENA 1436-AFTER 1518)
Saint James the Greater rescuing the pilgrim unjustly condemned to death at Toulouse
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BENVENUTO DI GIOVANNI DI MEO DEL GUASTA (SIENA 1436-AFTER 1518)
Saint James the Greater rescuing the pilgrim unjustly condemned to death at Toulouse
tempera on panel
12 ⁵/₈ x 15 ⁵/₈ in. (32.1 x 39.8 cm.)
Saint James the Greater rescuing the pilgrim unjustly condemned to death at Toulouse
tempera on panel
12 ⁵/₈ x 15 ⁵/₈ in. (32.1 x 39.8 cm.)
Provenance
The Rev. Walter Davenport Bromley (1787-1863), probably at Wootton Hall, Staffordshire; Christie's, London, 12 June 1863, lot 36, as 'Andrea del Castagno' (7 gns. to Dasent, evidently for the following),
William Bromley-Davenport (1821-1884), and by descent to the following,
Brigadier-General Sir William Bromley-Davenport (1862-1949), Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire; Sotheby's, London, 11 June 1947, lot 60.
with Wildenstein, London, by 1947 until 1989.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 26 January 2005, lot 11 ($374,400), when acquired by the present owner.
William Bromley-Davenport (1821-1884), and by descent to the following,
Brigadier-General Sir William Bromley-Davenport (1862-1949), Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire; Sotheby's, London, 11 June 1947, lot 60.
with Wildenstein, London, by 1947 until 1989.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 26 January 2005, lot 11 ($374,400), when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
G. Kaftal, Iconography of the Saints in Tuscan Painting, Florence, 1952, pp. 514-5, no. V, fig. 598, as Girolamo di Benvenuto.
T. Crombie, Apollo, LXXVI, 2, April 1962, Review, p.147, fig. 7.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Central Italian and North Italian Schools, London, 1968, I, p. 39; II, pl. 847.
M.C. Bandera, 'Variazioni ai cataloghi Berensoniani di Benvenuto di Giovanni', in Scritti di Storia dell'Arte in onore di Ugo Procacci, Milan, 1977, p. 311.
M. Laclotte and E. Mognetti, Avignon, Musée du Petit Palais, Peinture Italienne, Paris, 1976, under nos. 28-9; revised edition, Paris, 1987, pp. 58-9, under nos. 28-9.
F. Zeri, Dietro l'immagine, Milan, 1987, p. 116.
L. Kanter, in Painting in Renaissance Siena, 1420-1500, exhibition catalogue, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, p. 306, note 1.
M. Seidel, 'Sozialgeschichte des Sieneser Renaissance-Bildes', in Städel-Jahrbuch, XII, 1989, p. 76.
M. Seidel, in P. Riedl and M. Seidel, Die Kirchen von Siena, Munich, 1992, p. 644.
M.C. Bandera, Benvenuto di Giovanni, Milan, 1999, pp. 102-3 and 225-6, no. 28, illustrated p. 103.
M. Laclotte and E. Moench, Peinture italienne musee du Petit Palais Avignon, 2005, p. 73.
T. Crombie, Apollo, LXXVI, 2, April 1962, Review, p.147, fig. 7.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Central Italian and North Italian Schools, London, 1968, I, p. 39; II, pl. 847.
M.C. Bandera, 'Variazioni ai cataloghi Berensoniani di Benvenuto di Giovanni', in Scritti di Storia dell'Arte in onore di Ugo Procacci, Milan, 1977, p. 311.
M. Laclotte and E. Mognetti, Avignon, Musée du Petit Palais, Peinture Italienne, Paris, 1976, under nos. 28-9; revised edition, Paris, 1987, pp. 58-9, under nos. 28-9.
F. Zeri, Dietro l'immagine, Milan, 1987, p. 116.
L. Kanter, in Painting in Renaissance Siena, 1420-1500, exhibition catalogue, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, p. 306, note 1.
M. Seidel, 'Sozialgeschichte des Sieneser Renaissance-Bildes', in Städel-Jahrbuch, XII, 1989, p. 76.
M. Seidel, in P. Riedl and M. Seidel, Die Kirchen von Siena, Munich, 1992, p. 644.
M.C. Bandera, Benvenuto di Giovanni, Milan, 1999, pp. 102-3 and 225-6, no. 28, illustrated p. 103.
M. Laclotte and E. Moench, Peinture italienne musee du Petit Palais Avignon, 2005, p. 73.
Exhibition
London, Wildenstein, Paintings by Rembrandt, Boucher, Cézanne, Hals, Guardi and Others, 17 June-1 August 1959, no. 10.
London, Wildenstein, Religious Themes in Paintings from the 14th Century Onwards, 16 March-5 May 1962, no. 13.
London, Wildenstein, Religious Themes in Paintings from the 14th Century Onwards, 16 March-5 May 1962, no. 13.
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