Lot Essay
It has been suggested that this panel was executed in Genoa, circa 1540. The composition suggests that the work may have been the central section of a predella.
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The Marriage of the Virgin
Details
Circle of Domenico Beccafumi (Cortine in Valdibiana Montaperti 1484-1551 Siena)
The Marriage of the Virgin
with old inscription 'Beccafumi' (on the reverse)
oil on panel: panel from a predella
11½ x 32½ in. (29 x 82.5 cm.), excluding later additions
The Marriage of the Virgin
with old inscription 'Beccafumi' (on the reverse)
oil on panel: panel from a predella
11½ x 32½ in. (29 x 82.5 cm.), excluding later additions
Provenance
with Agnews & Sons, London (according to a label on the reverse).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
We are indebted to Andrea de Marchi, who suggests that this is an early work by Niccolò Circignani, il Pomarancio, and compares it with the altarpiece in the parish church of his eponymous town and a further altarpiece of 1563 at Volterra.