Lot 3010 - A200 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 01. April 2022, 02.00 PM
DEFENDENTE FERRARI
(circa 1480/1485 Chivasso after 1530)
Saint John the Baptist.
Tempera on panel.
131 × 43.7 cm.
Provenance:
- Collection of the daugher and heir of Michael Arthur Bass, first Lord Burton (1837–1909).
- Sale Christie's, London, Burton Collection, 4.5.1951, Lot 98 (as part of eight works by Macrino d'Alba).
- Private collection, Turin.
- With Pietro Accorsi, Turin, 1966.
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Literature:
- Giovanni Romano: Casalesi del Cinquecento. L'avvento del manierismo in una città padana, Turin 1970, p. 23, note 1.
- Luigi Mallè: Figurative Art in Piedmont, vol. I, From the Prehistoric period to the Sixteenth century, Turin 1973, fig. 480.
- Luca Mana, in: Napoleone Bonaparte dal Piemonte all'Europa, exh. cat Palazzo Salmatoris ed by L. Facchin, Cherasco 2018, p. 142.
Our thanks to Prof. Mauro Natale for his expert assistance with this catalogue entry.
CHF 60 000 / 90 000 | (€ 61 860 / 92 780)
Sold for CHF 73 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.