SEGNA DI BONAVENTURA (ACTIVE SIENA, C. 1298-1331)
Saint Agnes
Details
SEGNA DI BONAVENTURA (ACTIVE SIENA, C. 1298-1331)
Saint Agnes
tempera and gold ground on panel, arched top, a fragment
12 ³/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ in. (31.4 x 23.4 cm.)
Saint Agnes
tempera and gold ground on panel, arched top, a fragment
12 ³/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ in. (31.4 x 23.4 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Lady]; Christie's, London, 16 July 1971, lot 67, as 'Sienese School, circa 1300' and 'Head of the Virgin' (9,500 gns. to Leyland).
Private collection, New York, by 1977.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 1995, lot 59, as 'Head of a Female Saint,' where acquired by a private collector and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale [Property from a Private Collection]; Sotheby's, London, 5 December 2007, lot 51, as 'Head of a Female Saint,' where acquired by the present owner.
Private collection, New York, by 1977.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 1995, lot 59, as 'Head of a Female Saint,' where acquired by a private collector and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale [Property from a Private Collection]; Sotheby's, London, 5 December 2007, lot 51, as 'Head of a Female Saint,' where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
M. Boskovits, 'Review of J. Stubblebine, Duccio di Buoninsegna and his School and J. White, Duccio: Tuscan Art and the Medieval Workshop,' The Art Bulletin, September 1982, LXIV, no. 3, p. 502, as 'Segnesque, close to the Coronation fragment, No. 16, in the Budapest Museum'.
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