Giorgio Vasari

The Holy family with 🔥the infant Saint John the Baptist

Auction Closed

May 25, 03:13 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Giorgio Vasari

Arezzo 1511 - 1574 Florence

The Holy family with the infant Saint John the Baptist

oil on panel

panel: 43¼ by 33½ in.; 110 by 85 cm.

framed: 52½ by 42¼ in.; 133.4 by 107.3 cm.

Frederick W. Field, Los Angeles, by 1991;

Acquired by the present owner, 1999.

L. Corti, Vasari. Catalogo completo, Florence 1989, p. 32, cat. no. 15, reproduced;
Notre Dame, Indiana, University of Notre Dame, and Binghamton, State University of New York, The Age of Vasari, 1970, cat. no. P20.

New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, From Sacred to Sensual: Italian Paintings 1400-1750, 20 January - 14 March 1998.

This work has previously been endorsed by Carlo Volpe, Mina Gregori, and Ferdinando Bologna, who date the picture to circa 1540-5; circa 1546; and circa 1550 respectively. A variant in which Saint Joseph🔯's hand is depicted in the upper right corner and the Madonna is barehearded was formerly in🎉 the Corsini Collection in Florence.

1. See Corti 1989, cat. no. 15.