Lot 53: FRANCESCO DI MICHELE (MASTER OF SAN MARTINO A MENSOLA)

ACTIVE IN FLORENCE DURING THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 14TH CENTURY
A TRIPTYCH:
CENTRAL PANEL: SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT
LEFT WING: SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA
RIGHT WING: SAINT JEROME
tempera on panel, gold ground
left wing:124.5 by 56.5 cm.; 49 by 22 1/4 in. central panel: 130.6 by 56.5 cm.; 51 3/8 by 22 1/4 in. (extended by 11.5 cm along the upper edge, the corners made up) right wing: 124.7 by 56 cm.; 49 by 22 in.

French private collection, Franche-Comté, since the mid-nineteenth century until acquired circa 1990 by the present owner.