BARTOLO DI FREDI (ACTIVE SIENA, 1353-1410)
Saint Stephen
Details
BARTOLO DI FREDI (ACTIVE SIENA, 1353-1410)
Saint Stephen
tempera and gold ground on panel
panel: 18 ¹/₂ x 7 ⁷/₈ in. (46.8 x 20 cm.); painted surface: 16 ³/₄ x 6 ¹/₈ in. (42.5 x 15.5 cm.)
Saint Stephen
tempera and gold ground on panel
panel: 18 ¹/₂ x 7 ⁷/₈ in. (46.8 x 20 cm.); painted surface: 16 ³/₄ x 6 ¹/₈ in. (42.5 x 15.5 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned for the church of Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano, between 1380 and 1388, until at least 1783, from which dismantled and removed,
This panel (probably) moved to the house of Malenotti, San Gimignano, 1835.
(Possibly) Provost of the Collegiate of San Gimignano, Malenotti, San Gimignano.
Private collection, Scotland, and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Religious Foundation]; Phillips, London, 4 July 2000, part of lot 35, as 'Andrea di Bartolo', where acquired on behalf of the present owner.
This panel (probably) moved to the house of Malenotti, San Gimignano, 1835.
(Possibly) Provost of the Collegiate of San Gimignano, Malenotti, San Gimignano.
Private collection, Scotland, and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Religious Foundation]; Phillips, London, 4 July 2000, part of lot 35, as 'Andrea di Bartolo', where acquired on behalf of the present owner.
Literature
G. Vasari, Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors and architects, Florence, 1550; II, London, 1912, p. 61.
G. della Valle, Lettere senesi, II, Rome, 1785, pp. 183-184, with reference to the altarpiece..
L.B. Kanter, 'A Massacre of the Innocents in the Walters Art Gallery,' The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, XLI, 1983, pp. 21-27, with reference to the altarpiece.
G. Freuler, 'La miniatura senese degli anni 1370-1420,' in La miniatura senese, 1270-1420, A. Labriola, C. De Benedictis and G. Freuler, eds., Milan, 2002, pp. 184-185, fig. 70.
La collezione Salini: Dipinti, sculture e oreficerie dei secoli XII, XIII, XIV, e XV, L. Bellosi, ed., Florence, 2009, pp. 210-215, under no. 25, illustrated (cat. by G. Freuler).
G. della Valle, Lettere senesi, II, Rome, 1785, pp. 183-184, with reference to the altarpiece..
L.B. Kanter, 'A Massacre of the Innocents in the Walters Art Gallery,' The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, XLI, 1983, pp. 21-27, with reference to the altarpiece.
G. Freuler, 'La miniatura senese degli anni 1370-1420,' in La miniatura senese, 1270-1420, A. Labriola, C. De Benedictis and G. Freuler, eds., Milan, 2002, pp. 184-185, fig. 70.
La collezione Salini: Dipinti, sculture e oreficerie dei secoli XII, XIII, XIV, e XV, L. Bellosi, ed., Florence, 2009, pp. 210-215, under no. 25, illustrated (cat. by G. Freuler).
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