Lot Essay
The present triptych is closely related to one in a German private collection (M. Boskovits, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Early Italian painting 1290-1470, 1990, p.166, fig.1)
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN
Niccolò di Tommaso (active c.1346-1376)
Details
Niccolò di Tommaso (active c.1346-1376)
A Triptych: The Madonna and Child enthroned with Saints Lucy, Nicholas, Anthony Abbot and Catherine; on the wings the Nativity and the Crucifixion, with the Annunciation above
tempera on gold ground panel, pointed tops
overall (open) 20¼ x 20in. (51.5 x 51cm.)
A Triptych: The Madonna and Child enthroned with Saints Lucy, Nicholas, Anthony Abbot and Catherine; on the wings the Nativity and the Crucifixion, with the Annunciation above
tempera on gold ground panel, pointed tops
overall (open) 20¼ x 20in. (51.5 x 51cm.)
Provenance
Château du Haut-Buc, Seine-et-Oise
with Dudley Tooth, from whom purchased by the present owners c.1955 as Giovanni da Milano
with Dudley Tooth, from whom purchased by the present owners c.1955 as Giovanni da Milano
Literature
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School, 1963, I, p.163 and pl.313