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Taddeo di Bartolo
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- Taddeo di Bartolo
- the Virgin Annunciate
tempera on panel, gold ground
Provenance
Prince Fabrizio Massimo, Rome.
Literature
S. Symeonides, Taddeo di Bartolo, Siena 1965, p. 236, reproduced plate LXXXd;
G.E Solberg, Taddeo di Bartolo: His life and work, unpublished PhD. diss., New York University 1991, pp. 773-74 (both the above listed with incorrect measurements of 49 by 21.5 cm.).
G.E Solberg, Taddeo di Bartolo: His life and work, unpublished PhD. diss., New York University 1991, pp. 773-74 (both the above listed with incorrect measurements of 49 by 21.5 cm.).
Condition
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.
This painting has been quite recently restored and should be hung as is. The tooled and gilded background and frame have been restored and "freshened up". The figure has losses and restorations in her cloak and in the red dress in the center but in her face, red dress and in other areas, the condition seems to be very respectable with little or no retouching visible under ultraviolet light. The painting should be hung as is.
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"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
Catalogue Note
It is possible that Taddeo kept a cartoon of this composition in his studio for the design is revisited in other works, including the right side of an early diptych in the Billedgalleri in Bergen, Norway, and a smaller panel in the Gemaldegalerie in Berlin (27.3 by 15.2 cm), from 1405-10. The present and Berlin versions would once have hung with a companion panel depicting the Archangel Gabriel, like the Bergen panel.
As is typical of Taddeo's figures, the Virgin fills the pictorial space, with her hands and facial features defined by thick outlines. The circular punchwork along the edge of the Madonna's cloak is also found in many other half-length figures by Taddeo including the Berlin painting and a work formerly in the Liechtenstein collections sold London, Sotheby's, 8 July 2011, lot 146. The pastiglia multifoils which create the trefoil archway above the Madonna are a recurring device in Taddeo's work.
As is typical of Taddeo's figures, the Virgin fills the pictorial space, with her hands and facial features defined by thick outlines. The circular punchwork along the edge of the Madonna's cloak is also found in many other half-length figures by Taddeo including the Berlin painting and a work formerly in the Liechtenstein collections sold London, Sotheby's, 8 July 2011, lot 146. The pastiglia multifoils which create the trefoil archway above the Madonna are a recurring device in Taddeo's work.