Neri di Bicci Florence 1418-1492
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACQUES GOUDSTIKKER
Neri di Bicci Florence 1418-1492

The Archangel Raphael leading two Dominican friars in a coastal landscape

Details
Neri di Bicci Florence 1418-1492
The Archangel Raphael leading two Dominican friars in a coastal landscape
tempera and gold on panel
8¼ x 19 in. 21 x 48.3 cm.
Provenance
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
in the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.
Literature
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Florentine School, London, 1963, I, pp. 157-8, as Neri di Bicci.
R.A. Parronchi, 'Due note para-uccellesche', Arte Antica e Moderna, 30, 1965, p. 169, figs. 63b-c.
H.W. van Os et al eds., The Florentine Paintings in Holland 1300-1500, Maarssen, 1974, pp. 92-3, nos. 54-5, illustrated.
A. Parronchi, Paolo Uccello, Bologna, 1974, p. 64, pl. 22b-c.
C. Wright, Paintings in Dutch Museums, London, 1980, p. 297.
C. Wiethoff, 'De kunsthandelaar Jacques Goudstikker (1897-1940) en zijn betekenski voor het verzamelen van vroege Italiaanse kunst un Nederland', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 32, 1981, pp. 260-1, figs. 32-3.
E. Fahy, 'A predella panel by Neri di Bicci', The Burlington Magazine , 127, November 1985, pp. 767-8, figs. 38-9.
Bulletin van de Vereeniging van Vrienden van het Bonnefantenmuseum, 5, 1989, pp. 3-6, nos. 1-2.
C.E. de Jong-Janssen in K. Schreuder, 'De aartsengel Rafael op twee predellapanelen uit de school van Neri di Bicci', Restauratieverslag van twee predellapanelen uit de school van Neri di Bicci.
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), The Hague, 1992, p. 221, no. 1895, illustrated (as 'studio of Neri di Bicci).
C.E. de Jong-Janssen in D.H. van Wegen, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings in the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 1995, p. 188, pls. 108-9; pp. 102-5, no. 48-9, no. 28-9, illustrated (as 'studio of Neri di Bicci, c. 1450').
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Catalogue de la Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, 8 November-13 December 1930, no. 39; Rotterdam, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, 20 December 1930-3 January 1931, no. 16a, illustrated.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Italiaansche kunst in Nederlands bezit, 1934, no. 256.
Delft, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Van intimiteit tot theater, 1951-2, no. 10.
Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum, Het 'gelijk' van de achterkant, 1999, no. 22, illustrated.
Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum, on loan.
Sale room notice
Please note that the correct title for this lot should read:
The Archangel Raphael prevents a suicide.

Lot Essay

For the catalogue note, see lot 4.

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