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Lot 32: Paolo di Giovanni Fei (San Quirico, Castelvecchio, or Siena c. 1340/5- c. 1411)

Est: £700,000 GBP - £1,000,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 04, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Paolo di Giovanni Fei (San Quirico, Castelvecchio, or Siena c. 1340/5-c. 1411)
The Madonna and Child
tempera on panel, in an engaged frame
30½ x 20¼ in. (77.5 x 51.4 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Warsaw, The Royal Castle, Opus Sacrum, 10 April-23 September 1990, no. 4, catalogue entry by Adam S. Labuda.

Literature

F. Bologna, 'Ancora sui marchigiani a Napoli agli inizi del XV secolo e due opere inedite del Maestro dei Penna', Paragone, 419-23, 1985, p. 85, pl. 63, as a 'bellissima ''Madonna del latte"' by Paolo di Giovanni Fei, 'venduta anni a dietro alla Finarte di Milano... un capolavoro di anni non posteriori agli inizi del Quattrocento'.

Provenance

with Finarte, Milan.
with P. & D. Colnaghi, London, by 1979, when acquired by Barbara Piasecka Johnson.

Auction Details

Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale

by
Christie's
December 04, 2012, 06:30 PM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK