Mariotto di NARDO (active in Florence from 1394 to 1424) - Lot 11

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Mariotto di NARDO (active in Florence from 1394 to 1424) - Lot 11
Mariotto di NARDO (active in Florence from 1394 to 1424) - The Virgin and the Child surrounded by Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Catherine, Saint Julian, Saint Lucy - Christ and the two thieves crucified, the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Magdalene sitting at the foot of the cross - Saint Franciscan, the Angel and the Virgin of the Annunciation Egg painting and gold background on wood panel, top in tiers-points 81 x 44 cm Depth : 3 cm Original ogival arched frame MARIOTTO DI NARDO (documented in Florence from 1394 to 1424) Main register : THE VIRGIN AND THE CHILD surrounded by Saint Anthony abbot, Saint Catherine, Saint Julian, Saint Lucy. Pinnacle : CRUCIFIXION : Christ and the two thieves crucified, the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Magdalene sitting at the foot of the crosses Predella: in the center a Franciscan saint, on the left and on the right, the Angel and the Virgin of the Annunciation Unique devotional panel. Egg painting and gold background on wood panel, top in tiers-points 81 x 44 cm overall. Thickness of the panel : 3 cm. CONDITION On the reverse side, the panel has been reinforced on its perimeter by large pieces of wood, forming a parquet floor. Vertical crack affecting the center of the panel having caused on the front a lifting of the pictorial layer at the level of the virgin and the child. Pictorial surface and gold background : Wear, lifting and restorations visible, mainly along the central crack. Original arched ogival frame, restorations in the gilding. Also original, the ornamentation has pastiglia of the arch and punched halos. INSCRIPTIONS On the base, in repainted gothic letters on a cartouche with a red background surrounded by original gilded punched ornamentation: AVE GRATIA PLENA DNS (dominus) On the reverse, in the upper part, stencil ink mark of a former Christie's sale " 034 CW ". PROVENANCE Private collection Marseille, acquired in 1948 by Louis Pierre Bresset, Marseille Acquired by Dr. Jean Lambert from the gallery L.P. BRESSET in Paris in 2002 for the sum of 90 000€. EXHIBITIONS According to four labels placed on the reverse: Les Arts du Moyen Age, Galerie San Michele, Marseille 1949, n°13 L'art du Moyen Age dans les collections marseillaises, Marseille, Musée Cantini 1952, n°3 (attributed to Giovanni di Paolo) Art of the Middle Ages, Château de La Rochelambert 1953 (as Giovanni di Paolo) Tapestry and art in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Castle of Culan 1960, No. 19 (as Giovanni di Paolo) Arte in Val d'Elsa dal secolo XII al XVIII, Certaldo, Palazzo Pretorio 28 July-31 October 1963, p.36 Sold to the town hall of Parigné, at the request of Maître BIHR, notary in St Aubin du Cormier
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