Vittore Crivelli

The surface of the works are in overall good condition. There are some minute scrapes in the gold ground. Under UV; no apparent inpainting.
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These small panels are identical in style, dimension, and subject matter to two other depictions of Franciscan monks, Franciscan Monk Reading¹ and Franciscan Monk at Prayer ², published in 1997 in the Vittore Crivelli monograph as by Crivelli (see, S. Papetti, et. al., Vittore Crivelli, e la Pittura del suo Tempo nel Fermano, Milan 1997, p. 221, cat. nos. 29 and 30).  All four panels - the present pair and the aforementioned published pair - were all clearly originally part of the same altarpiece.

1 Formerly in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, deaccessioned by them and sold, New York, Sotheby's March 15, 1974, lot 76, as attributed to Crivelli.

2 Now in the Palazzo Comunale, Sant'Elpidio a Mare.