Master Paintings Part I

Master Paintings Part I

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Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection

Giovanni di Pietro, called Spagna

Madonna and Child in a Verdant Landscape

Estimate

800,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection

Giovanni di Pietro, called Spagna

active in Umbria and the Marches in the second half of the 15th century

Madonna and Child in a Verdant Landscape


oil on panel

panel: 14 ¼ by 12 ⅜ in.; 36.3 by 31.5 cm

framed: 22 by 20 in.; 56.5 by 51.2 cm

Richard Hill, The High Hall, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering;

Offered anonymously, London, Christie's, 20 July 1906, lot 106 (as Perugino);

Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Christie's, 11 April 1986, lot 60 (as Lo Spagna);

Where acquired by Heide Hübner, Würzburg;

From whom acquired by a private collector, 1986;

From whom acquired, via Galerie Bruno Meissner, Zurich, by Hans and Marion König, 1986.

F. Todini, La pittura umbra, Milan 1989, vol. I, p. 316, cat. no. 1401; vol. II, reproduced p. 605 (as Lo Spagna).