Lot 33: Ription Girolamo Macchietti called Crocefissaio

Ription Girolamo Macchietti called Crocefissaio (Florence c. 1535 - 1592) The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist in a landscape, oil on panel, 57 x 42 cm, beautiful original carved and gilded 17th-century frame, (Wo) Provenance: South-German private collection Certificate: Dr. Hermann Voss, 17 September 1965: "... a characteristic, autograph work by the Florentine master Girolamo Marchietti, a member of the wider circle of Vasari, who acquired a reputation with his altarpieces in Florentine churches ...". Marta Privitera, author of the monograph on Gabriele Macchietti, 14 February 2008: "This exquisite painting ... is without any doubt a work from Gabriele Machietti's early maturity." She praises the complex integration of the figures into the landscape, the elegant drawing, and the painterly execution, reminiscent of Bronzino's poetry and works by Salviati and Parmigiani Literature: Comp. M. Privitera, Girolamo Macchietti. M. Privitera, Girolamo Macchietti. Un pittore dello Studiolo di Francesco I (Fir nze 1535-1592), Roma Milano, Jandi Sapi editori, 1996. M. Privitera, Macchietti e Cavalori ‚amicissimi e compagni' in Paragone n. 67, 2006, pp. 14-27.