Nicolo Rondinelli* (active end of the 15th century-beginning of the 16th century)

The Madonna and Child before a Curtain, a coastal Landscape beyond

Details

Nicolo Rondinelli* (active end of the 15th century-beginning of the 16th century)
The Madonna and Child before a Curtain, a coastal Landscape beyond
bears signature 'IOANNES BELLINV^s'
oil on panel
30¼ x 24¼in. (76.8 x 61.6cm.)

Provenance

Baron M. Lazzaroni, Rome.
with Elhrich Galleries, New York.
Anon. Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 18, 1934, lot 65. Della V. Chrysler; (+) sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 21-23, 1941, lot 267, sold with a certificate from Professor Adolfo Venturi as by Rondinelli, dated July 26, 1925.

Literature

F. Heineman, Giovanni Bellini E I Belliniani, 1959, I, p. 14, no. 47h.

Exhibited

San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery, 1927.

Lot Essay

The present work is one of several (studio) versions of a lost painting of 1492 by Giovanni Bellini known only from the works of his followers. Heinemann records three other versions by Rondinelli, including those in the Accademia dei Concordi, Rovigo (Inv. no. 70); and the Galleria Doria-Pamphilji, Rome (Inv. no. 172); see F. Heinemann, op.cit, p. 14, nos. 47 j-l; II, p. 277, pl. 295.