Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Property Restituted to the Heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt
Attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501) | Italian, Siena, circa 1480-1490 | Relief with the Madonna and Child among Clouds
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December 5, 03:28 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property Restituted to the Heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt
Attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501)
Italian, Siena, circa 1480-1490
Relief with the Madonna and Child among Clouds
gilt and polychromed cartapesta, in a poplar frame with gilt and polychromed stucco
125 by 83cm., 49 1/4 by 32 3/4 in.
Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin;
auction Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt-am-Main, June 23, 1936, lot 68 (as circle of Bertoldo di Giovanni), (sale due to persecution of above), sold RM 3.400;
Dr. Irmgard Freiin von Lemmers-Danforth (1892-1984), acquired at the above sale
City of Wetzlar, donated by the above 1963 and exhibited at the Palais Papius in the Sammlung der Europäischen Wohnkultur der Renaissance und des Barock;
Restituted by the above to the heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt, 2020
W. Bode, Bertoldo und Lorenzo dei Medici: die Kunstpolitik des Lorenzo il Magnifico im Spiegel der Werke seines Lieblingskünstlers Bertoldo di Giovanni, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1925, pp. 63, 66;
T. J. Newbery, G. Bisacca and L. B. Kanter, Italian Renaissance Frames, exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 9;
W. Koeppe, Die Lemmers-Danforth-Sammlung Wetzlar: Europäische Wohnkultur aus Renaissance und Barock, Heidelberg, 1992, pp. 308-481, no. SK2;
L. Bellosi (ed.), Francesco di Giorgio e il Rinascimento a Siena, 1450-1500, exh. cat., Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, Siena, vol. 1, 1993, pp. 410, 412