The Master of the Borghese Tondo (active Florence c. 1485-1515)

The Nativity with the infant Saint John the Baptist, the Annunciation of the Shepherds and the train of the Magi beyond

Details

The Master of the Borghese Tondo (active Florence c. 1485-1515)
The Nativity with the infant Saint John the Baptist, the Annunciation of the Shepherds and the train of the Magi beyond
oil on panel, a tondo
34.1/8 x 33.1/8 in. (86.7 x 84.2 cm.)

Provenance

Miss V. Brady.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1947, lot 36, as Mainardi (to Colnaghi).
The Trustees of the Maleham Bequest; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1984, lot 18 (20,900 to the family of the present owner).

Literature

E. Fahy, Some Followers of Domenico Ghirlandaio, New York and London, 1976, p. 168.

Exhibited

Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, 1948-1984, no. 2289.

Lot Essay

Named after a tondo in the Villa Borghese, Rome, the painter was a follower of Domenico Ghirlandaio. An attribution to Jacopo del Tedesco, a pupil of Ghirlandaio mentioned by Vasari, was proposed by Francovich who first isolated the hand in 1927. Fahy lists some two dozen works by the artist.

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