Lot 62: Andrea del Sarto (Florence 1486-1530)

Andrea del Sarto (Florence 1486-1530)
The Madonna and Child
oil on panel
35 1/8 x 26¼ in. (89.2 x 66.7 cm.)
with the old inventory number '14' and charcoal anatomical sketches (on the reverse)

Canberra, National Gallery of Australia and Melbourne, Melbourne Museum, Titian to Tiepolo: Three centuries of Italian art, 28 March-6 October 2002 (catalogue note by B.L. Brown).

Clara Winthrop, Boston, by whom bequeathed to the following in the 1930s
All Saints Episcopal Church, West Newbery, Mass., U.S.A. 1930s; Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 2000, lot 12.
with Matthiesen Fine Art Ltd, Giacomo Algranti Ltd, and Derek Johns Ltd, A Del Sarto Rediscovered, catalogue by P. Matthiesen and B.L. Brown, London, 2001, passim, pls. I, III (infrared reflectogram), IX, XII, XIV (verso) and XV (prior to conservation), when acquired by the present owner.

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Andrea del Sarto (Florence 1486-1530)
The Madonna and Child
oil on panel
35 1/8 x 26¼ in. (89.2 x 66.7 cm.)
with the old inventory number '14' and charcoal anatomical sketches (on the reverse)