THE MASTER OF THE NAUMBURG MADONNA* (active Florence c.1485-1450)

THE PROPERTY OF AN ESTATE

Details

THE MASTER OF THE NAUMBURG MADONNA* (active Florence c.1485-1450)
The Holy Family with the infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel in a Landscape

oil on panel--circular--unframed
40 in. (101.6cm.) diam.

Provenance

Frederick L. Stephens
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, Nov. 24, 1967, lot 16, as Tommaso di Stefano (2,100 gns. to Alfonso)
Sir Raymond Smith, Caracas

Exhibited

Nicholas M. Acquavella Galleries, New York, Paintings by Old Masters, 1945, no. 5
Sidney, Australia, National Gallery of New South Wales, on loan
New York, World's Fair, Masterpieces of Art, 1939, lent by Frederick L. Stephens

Lot Essay

The composition of the present lot derives from a Lorenzo di Credi in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which served as a prototype for tondos by the young Fra Bartolomeo in the Alte Pinakothek; and by the so-called Master of the Santa Maria sul Prato in the Museo Horne, Florence. We are grateful to Mr. Everett Fahy for suggesting the attribution