Lot 122: Giambono di Corrado da Ragusa , Documented in Norcia, Umbria, in 1443 Saint Andrew tempera on panel, gold ground, shaped top

tempera on panel, gold ground, shaped top

measurements note 78.7 by 31.5 cm.; 31 by 12 1/2 in.

Dr. J. Seymour Maynard, London;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Sotheby's, 6 July 1966, lot 1 (as Alberti da Ferrara), for £1,100 to Graham.

PROPERTY FROM THE WETZLAR COLLECTION
The attribution is due, on the basis of photographs, to Prof. Andrea de Marchi, to whom we are grateful. This painting was traditionally attributed to Antonio di Guido Alberti da Ferrara (died before 1449), under whose name it was sold in these Rooms in 1966. It is, however, by an artist working in the close circle of Olivuccio di Ceccarello (formerly called 'Carlo da Camerino'), who was active in Ancona from 1388 to 1439. Giambono di Corrado da Ragusa was Olivuccio's closest follower and, as Prof. De Marchi has pointed out, much of his oeuvre remains unpublished.υ1 His activity as a painter has been reconstructed around the frescoes showing Scenes from the life of Saint Benedict in the church of Santa Scolastica at Norcia, where he is documented in 1443, and those in the church of Santa Maria della Misericordia at Castelferretti near Ancona. 1. Studies on Giambono and on the artists working around Olivuccio di Ceccarello have been undertaken by Andrea de Marchi and Matteo Mazzalupi and the latter's research is due to be published shortly: M. Mazzalupi, "Intorno a Bartolomeo di Tommaso. Ricerche sulla 'Scuola di Ancona'", in Nuovi studi sulla pittura tardogotica. Intorno a Gentile da Fabriano, Atti del Convegno di Fabriano, 31 May 2006, ed. A. De Marchi, Livorno, pp. 115-32.