SANO DI PIETRO (SIENA 1405-1481)
Nativity
Details
SANO DI PIETRO (SIENA 1405-1481)
Nativity
tempera and gold ground on panel
20 ⁵/₈ x 15 ⁷/₈ in. (52.5 x 40.3 cm.)
Nativity
tempera and gold ground on panel
20 ⁵/₈ x 15 ⁷/₈ in. (52.5 x 40.3 cm.)
Provenance
Miss Dora Wilson (or Lady Helen O'Brien, according to Warsaw 1990, op. cit.); Sotheby’s, London, 26 February 1958, lot 30 (to Duff).
Fielding Lewis Marshall, London; Bonhams, London, 28 March 1974, lot 120.
with Colnaghi, London, by 1978.
Barbara Piasecka Johnson (1937-2013), by 1988.
Anonymous sale [The Property of Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 31 January 1997, lot 127.
with Calypso Paintings, Ltd., where acquired by a private collector in 2002 and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale [Property from a Distinguished Private Collection]; Sotheby’s, New York, 28 January 2021, lot 14, where acquired by the present owner.
Fielding Lewis Marshall, London; Bonhams, London, 28 March 1974, lot 120.
with Colnaghi, London, by 1978.
Barbara Piasecka Johnson (1937-2013), by 1988.
Anonymous sale [The Property of Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 31 January 1997, lot 127.
with Calypso Paintings, Ltd., where acquired by a private collector in 2002 and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale [Property from a Distinguished Private Collection]; Sotheby’s, New York, 28 January 2021, lot 14, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Central Italian and North Italian Schools, I, London and New York, 1968, p. 376.
P. Torriti, La Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena: I dipinti dal XII al XV secolo, 3rd ed., Genoa, 1990, p. 201.
A. Galli, in The Alana Collection: Italian Paintings from the 13th to 15th Century, M. Boskovits, ed., Florence, 2009, pp. 184-186, no. 32, illustrated.
P. Torriti, La Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena: I dipinti dal XII al XV secolo, 3rd ed., Genoa, 1990, p. 201.
A. Galli, in The Alana Collection: Italian Paintings from the 13th to 15th Century, M. Boskovits, ed., Florence, 2009, pp. 184-186, no. 32, illustrated.
Exhibition
London, Sotheby's, Exhibition of the Marshall Collection, 31 December 1973-8 January 1974, no. 93.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Painting in Renaissance Siena, 1420-1500, 20 December 1988-19 March 1989, no. 25 (cat. by K. Christiansen).
Warsaw, Royal Castle, Opus Sacrum, 10 April-23 September 1990, no. 8 (cat. by A.S. Labuda).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Painting in Renaissance Siena, 1420-1500, 20 December 1988-19 March 1989, no. 25 (cat. by K. Christiansen).
Warsaw, Royal Castle, Opus Sacrum, 10 April-23 September 1990, no. 8 (cat. by A.S. Labuda).
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Director, Head of Private Sales, EMEA