NERI DI BICCI* (1419-1491)

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NERI DI BICCI* (1419-1491)

The Madonna and Child enthroned, with Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalene and Angels parting a Curtain

inscribed with two coats-of-arms and 'AVE.MARIA.GRATIA.PLENA.
DNS.TECHUS'--oil on panel
41x 32¼in. (104.1 x 81.9cm.)

Provenance

Maitland F. Grigg, New York

Literature

R. van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, 1928, X, p. 543

Lot Essay

A photo card in the Frick Art Reference Library, New York, notes that the present painting is by Neri di Bicci and that the composition derives from a composition by Fra Filippo Lippi. Richard Offner made the attribution at a lecture given at Mr. Grigg's home on January 19, 1925 where notes were taken by Helen Clay Frick.

We are grateful to Mr. Everett Fahy for confirming the attribution