Lot 54: Pittore di Pontignano, Agostino d'Anselmo Carosi? (active Siena c. 1602-1627)

Pittore di Pontignano, Agostino d'Anselmo Carosi? (active Siena c. 1602-1627) The Madonna and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist and two angels with inscription 'Di Gio. Francesco Rustici Fiorentino Nobile di detta Città' (on the reverse of the strainer) oil on canvas, unlined, possibly in the original frame 51¾ x 36 7/8 in. (131.4 x 93.7 cm.)

P. Sénéchal, Giovanni Francesco Rustici 1475-1554. Un sculpteur de la Renaissance entre Florence et Paris, Paris, 2007, p. 264, no. PR.1, illustrated, as Sienese School, second half of the 16th century.

Anonymous sale; Jean Emmanuel Prunier, Louviers, 22 September 2002, lot 133, as Florentine School, 2nd half of the 16th century, where acquired by the present owner.