Lot Essay
The prototype is a tondo in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (14.40.635), traditionally attributed to Mainardi but now recognized as a work by Domenico Ghirlandaio. The composition is also known from a tondo in the Cini Collection (for which, see L. Venturi, in the catalogue of the exhibition Maestri e botteghe: pittura alla fine del quattrocento, Florence, 1993, p. 250, no. 9.12).
We are grateful to Everett Fahy for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
We are grateful to Everett Fahy for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.