Lot 187: The Madonna and Child

Bartolomeo Vivarini (active Venice c. 1440-1500)
The Madonna and Child
signed, inscribed and dated 'BARTHOLOMES VIVARINVS DE MVRIANO.PINXIT 1481[?]' (lower right, on the cartellino)
oil on canvas, transferred from panel
24 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. (63.2 x 49.8 cm.)

Baron M. Lazzaroni, Rome.
Dr. Paul Mersch, Paris.
with Edward Brandus, New York, 1911.
Jules S. Bache; sale, Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers, New York, 23 April 1945, lot 13.
with Newhouse Galleries, Inc., New York, 1936.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 1996, lot 191.

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 119, 125, 138, 157, 187, 193, 216 AND 235)