Lot 19: Giovanni Antonio Sogliani (Florence 1492-1544)

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani (Florence 1492-1544) An angel facing right in a niche; and An angel facing left in a niche oil on panel 47 1/8 x 22¾ in. (119.4 x 57.5 cm.) and 47¼ x 23¼ in. (120 x 59 cm.) a pair

Manchester, The Art Treasures of the United Kingdom,1857, no. 112, as by Mariotto Albertinelli (the former only, lent by Young). Manchester, City Art Gallery, Art Treasures Centenary: European Old Masters, 30 October-31 December 1957, nos. 47 and 54.

B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Florentine School, London, 1963, I, p. 200; II, pl. 1342.8.

The Rev. Edward Young (1800-1891), by 1857. The Rev. Walter Davenport Bromley, Wootton Hall, Staffordshire; Christie's, London, 13 June 1863, lots 80 and 81, 'Mariotto Albertinelli, The Angel Gabriel: a wing of an altarpiece; and The Angel Michael - the companion' (bought in at 37 gns.). By descent at Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire.