Lot Essay
Presumably the wings of a portable altarpiece, the present panels are datable between 1550 and 1555
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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Provenance
Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894), who was British Ambassador in Spain 1869-77; a 19th Century inscription on a label on the reverse of the first reads 'St. Jerome and St. John Baptist Two Pictures sent by Sir Henry Layard from Madrid when he was ambassador - by Juan Juanes 1523-1579 He painted sacred subjects only')
with P. & D. Colnaghi, London
R. C. Pritchard, and by descent to the present owner
with P. & D. Colnaghi, London
R. C. Pritchard, and by descent to the present owner
Literature
J. A. Gaya Nuño, La Pintura Española fuera de España, 1958, p.216, nos.1534 and 1535
Auckland City Art Gallery Quarterly, 23, 1969, p.6, 'Saint John' illustrated
J. Albi, Joan de Joanes y su Círculo Artístico, 1979, II, pp.26-7, nos.49 and 50, and III, pl.CXV
Auckland City Art Gallery Quarterly, 23, 1969, p.6, 'Saint John' illustrated
J. Albi, Joan de Joanes y su Círculo Artístico, 1979, II, pp.26-7, nos.49 and 50, and III, pl.CXV
Exhibited
London, Heim Gallery, Paintings and Sculpture of Three Centuries, 15 Nov.-21 Dec. 1984, nos.3 and 4, illustrated