Lot 104: Giovanni Bonsi (Florence active 1351-d. before 1376)

Giovanni Bonsi (Florence active 1351-d. before 1376)
Saint Leonard of Noblac; and Saint Anthony
inscribed 'SCS·LEONARdVS·MART·' and 'SCS·ANTONIVS·ABAS·' (the first and the second respectively, lower center, on the engaged frame)
tempera on gold ground, shaped top, in an engaged frame
18¾ x 8 5/8 in. (47.6 x 21.9 cm.); and 18 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. (46 x 21.9 cm.)
a pair (2)

M. Boskovits, Pittura Fiorentinia alla vigilia del Rinascimento, Florence, 1975, p. 320.
E. Skaug, Punch Marks from Giotto to Fra Angelico: Attribution, Chronology, and Workshop Relationships in Tuscan Panel Painting c. 1330-1430, Oslo, 1994, I, p. 146, no. 62, 'Deleted works, studied in photographs only and seemingly without motif punches: DUBLIN, Murnaghan, 2 Saints, ps. pol...'.
S. Pasquinucci, 'Tradition and Innovation in Florentine Trecento painting: Giovanni Bonsi - Tommaso del Mazza' in M. Boskovits, ed., A Critical and Historical Corpus of Florentine Painting, sect. 4, VIII, Florence, 2000, pp. 25, 38, 94, 95, pl. XV, as 'Giovanni Bonsi (close to)'.

Murnaghan Collection, Dublin, by 1975.