Francesco Primaticcio

Lot 12: STUDIO OF FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO

Name: STUDIO OF FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 6e31298e73

Est: $100,000 USD - $150,000 USD

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJune 06, 2012

Item Overview

Description

BOLOGNA 1504/5 - 1570 PARIS
THE JUDGMENT OF MIDAS
oil on panel
42 1/4 by 56 1/2 in.; 107.5 by 143.4 cm.

Artist or Maker

Francesco Primaticcio

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, De Triomf van het Maniërisme: de Europese Stijl van Michelangelo tot El Greco, 1 July - 16 October 1955, cat. no. 102 (as by a close follower of Primaticcio);
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Primatice, Mâitre de Fontainebleau, 22 September 2004 - 3 January 2005, cat. no. 66 (as Studio of Primaticcio, after the latter's design).

Literature

C. Sterling, in, De Triomf van het Maniërisme: de Europese Stijl van Michelangelo tot El Greco, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam 1955, cat. no. 102, reproduced (as by a close follower of Primaticcio);
D. Cordellier, in Primatice, Mâitre de Fontainebleau, exhibition catalogue, Paris 2005, pp. 181-183, cat. no. 66, reproduced (as Studio of Primaticcio, after the latter's design).

Provenance

Georges de Monbrison, Château de Saint-Roch, Le Pin (Tarn-et-Garonne);
His sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 13 May 1904, lot 1 (as Niccolò dell'Abate);
Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 14 June 1954, lot 52 (as Attributed to Niccolò dell'Abate);
Private collection, Paris, 1955.

Auction Details

Old Master Paintings

Sotheby's

June 06, 2012, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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