Giovanni Speranza
(Vicenza circa 1470 – circa 1532)
Madonna and Child, a landscape beyond,
oil on canvas, 70.8 x 60 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Koller, Zurich, 14 September 2010, lot 3005 (as Giovanni Paolo De Agostini)
Literature:
L. Puppi, Giovanni Speranza, in: Rivista dell’Istituto d’archeologia e storia dell’arte, vol. XXI/XXII, 1963, pp. 393, 395, fig. 34, note 58 (as Giovanni Speranza?)
We are grateful to Anchise Tempestini for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph.
The present painting relates to the work of Bartolomeo Montagna, the artist’s master, from whom he took compositional arrangements and it has been suggested that the present painting may even have been executed under Montagna’s direct supervision.
In the present painting, the Madonna is depicted holding the Christ Child, who is sitting on a cushion in the foreground on a ledge next to a vase of lilies. The background is adorned with a cloth of honour with a landscape beyond.
Specialist: Mark MacDonnell
Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
12.05.2022 - 16:18
- Realized price: **
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EUR 35,840.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 20,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 20,000.-
Giovanni Speranza
(Vicenza circa 1470 – circa 1532)
Madonna and Child, a landscape beyond,
oil on canvas, 70.8 x 60 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Koller, Zurich, 14 September 2010, lot 3005 (as Giovanni Paolo De Agostini)
Literature:
L. Puppi, Giovanni Speranza, in: Rivista dell’Istituto d’archeologia e storia dell’arte, vol. XXI/XXII, 1963, pp. 393, 395, fig. 34, note 58 (as Giovanni Speranza?)
We are grateful to Anchise Tempestini for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph.
The present painting relates to the work of Bartolomeo Montagna, the artist’s master, from whom he took compositional arrangements and it has been suggested that the present painting may even have been executed under Montagna’s direct supervision.
In the present painting, the Madonna is depicted holding the Christ Child, who is sitting on a cushion in the foreground on a ledge next to a vase of lilies. The background is adorned with a cloth of honour with a landscape beyond.
Specialist: Mark MacDonnell
Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings II |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 12.05.2022 - 16:18 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 30.04. - 11.05.2022 |
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