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Lot 150: Girolamo da Carpi (Ferrara circa 1501-1556?)

Est: $40,000 USD - $60,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 30, 2013

Item Overview

Description

Girolamo da Carpi (Ferrara circa 1501-1556?)
The Assumption of the Virgin
oil on panel, unframed
21 5/8 x 16¾ in. (55 x 42.5 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Literature

(Possibly) Libro di debitori, ecc. segnato B. Della munizione delle fabbriche, 1586-1591, A c 13, in A. Venturi, Archivio Storico dell'Arte, Rome, 1888, I, p. 425 'Nela Sda faciata verso il Corille uno quadro dela Sensione de la Madona de m. GEROLAMO DA CARPI...'.

Provenance

(Possibly) Este family, Ferrara.
(Possibly) Margherita Gonzaga, duchess of Ferrara (recorded in a 1586 inventory).
S. Pollack; Christie's, London, 29 June 1945, lot 150, as 'Correggio'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 March 1983, lot 37 (£ 4,800).

Auction Details

Renaissance

by
Christie's
January 30, 2013, 11:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US