Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I

Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I

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Property of a Private Collector

Carlo Crivelli

Apostle Holding a Book

Auction Closed

February 1, 04:16 PM GMT

Estimate

800,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Private Collector

Carlo Crivelli

Venice 1430 - 1495 Ascoli Piceno

Apostle Holding a Book


tempera on panel, gold ground

painted surface: 10 ⅞ by 8 in.; 27.6 by 20.3 cm.

framed: 11 ⅞ by 8 ⅞ in.; 30.2 by 22.5 cm.

Private collector, Italy;

By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a European Private Collector"), London, Christie's, 26 January 2001, lot 89;

Where acquired by Galerie Sarti, Paris;

From whom acquired by the present collector, 2011.

S. Papetti, in Le Marche disperse, repertorio di opere d'arte dalle Marche al mondo, C. Costanzi (ed.), Milan 2005, p. 145, cat. no. 121;

S.G. Casu, The Pittas Collection, Early Italian Paintings (1200-1530), Florence 2011, pp. 34, 35, reproduced fig. 6.1;

M. Minardi, in The Alana Collection, Vol. III, Italian Paintings from the 14th-16th Century, S. Chiodo and S. Padovani (eds.), Florence 2014, pp. 59-66, cat. no. 9, reproduced.