Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures

Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures

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Michele Tosini, called Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio

The Virgin and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist

Lot Closed

April 28, 01:09 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Michele Tosini, called Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio

Florence 1503 - 1577

The Virgin and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist


oil on panel

unframed: 87 x 66.2 cm.; 34¼ x 26⅛ in.

framed: 105.9 x 86.2 cm.; 41¾ x 34 in.

A version of Michele's original, now in Fiesole, Museo Bandini (see B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Florentine School, vol. I, London 1963, p. 149, reproduced vol. II, pl. 1300). This work differs from Michele's prototype by omitting the figure of Saint Joseph and featuring instead a background landscape.