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LOT 0354
Post Medieval Wooden Panel with Putti
SPANISH, 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
26 3/4 x 11 in. (4.7 kg, 68 x 28 cm).
A rectangular wooden panel carved in relief with a central male bust within a shield, held by two flanking winged putti; remains of polychrome pigmentation and gilding.
ProvenanceEnglish private collection.
FootnotesThe timber shows some old insect flight holes and we are advised that this piece has been recently treated with Permethrin, as a precaution.
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LOT 0354
Post Medieval Wooden Panel with Putti
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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A substantial gold finger ring with ellipsoid cell to the bezel, inset glass nicolo profile female bust. 17.96 grams, 28.10 mm overall, 22.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)
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Post Medieval Wooden Painted Head of St John
Late 16th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
A wooden head mounted on a waisted octagonal plinth base, the head modelled naturalistically in the round and retaining extensive areas of polychrome detailing, pigmentation and gilding. 4.2 kg total, 38 cm high including stand
Ex private Dutch collection. English private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11673-199836.
The timber shows some old insect flight holes and we are advised that this piece has been recently treated with Permethrin, as a precaution. -
Italian Virgin of Tenderness Icon
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
A painting on wood of the Virgin of Tenderness, copying an earlier work, depicting Mary dressed in blue robe ornamented with gold stars with an off-white veil delicately framing her face; gently supporting the Child dressed in red tunic; both figures nimbate and affectionately leaning towards each other with their cheeks touching; the scene enclosed in a gilt pseudo-Gothic crenelated frame, an inscription in new Gothic uncial style to the bottom reading 'AVE GRATIA PLENA' for 'hail full of grace'; mounted on a 19th century crenelated wooden pedestal fitted with candle holder to each side in the shape of a flower. 279 grams, 29.5 cm high
Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.
The panel has many stylistic similarities with that of Icilio Federico Joni (1866-1946) assigned to the style of Sano di Pietro. Compared to that, the head of the Virgin has been realised in a more archaic Gothic style. With their faces gently pressed together, the interaction between the Virgin and the Child evokes a tender intimacy. This motif appears in numerous works by Sano di Pietro and his workshop (for example, in another painting in the Lehman Collection in MET, 975.1.39). The particular manner of concealing the Child’s right cheek behind the Virgin’s face was probably inspired by Madonna painted by the Sienese master Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena).
