Lot 255: und sein Bruder Benedetto (1442-1497), genannt da Maiano (zugeschrieben), Giuli 1432 - 1490 Large Renaissance bench, cassa pancha

und sein Bruder Benedetto (1442-1497), genannt da Maiano (zugeschrieben), Giuli 1432 - 1490 Large Renaissance bench, cassa pancha Inlay and marquetry on walnut with moor oak, sycamore, ebony and green spalted wood; mounted on poplar 1480 In the left panelling the letters (in ligature): AMNB / L (mirrored) - possibly referring to: A (d'Antonio) B (Benedetto) N (Nardo) M (Maiano), L (di Leonardo) 62 1/4 x 209 7/8 in.

Walter Curt Behrendt: Alfred Messel, Berlin 1911, p. 59 / Die Sammlung Dr. Eduard Simon, auction catalogue Paul Cassirer, with an introduction Max J. Friedlaender, Berlin 1929, vol. 2, lot 154 / Auction catalogue Sotheby's, Zürich, 8 June 1999, lot 19

Stefano Bardini, Florence / 1904 Dr. Eduard Georg Simon, Berlin (Victoriastraße 7) / Dr. A. Pauli, Amsterdam (1932) / aristocratic German private collection, Ticino / Private collection, Berlin