Lot 4: Ventura di Moro , Born in Florence between 1395 and 1402 - 1486 Madonna and Child tempera on panel, gold ground, in an engaged frame, arched top

inscribed on the bottom of the frame: AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA tempera on panel, gold ground, in an engaged frame, arched top

measurements note 44 1/8 by 22 1/16 in.; 112 by 56 cm.

Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Zweite Veröffentlichung des Staedelschen Kunstinstituts Herausgegeben von Georg Swarzenski, Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz, 1926, no. 70 (as Florentine Master, early 15th century);
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Vorläufiges Verzeichnis der Ausstellung von Meisterwerken Alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Summer, 1925, no. 70 (as Florentine Master, early 15th century).

G. Swarzenski, Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz, Frankfurt 1926, p. 24, cat. no. 70, reproduced plate VIII (as Florentine Master, early 15th century).

Heinrich Kaven, Berlin, by 1917;
His sale (and others), Lepke's, Berlin, March 22, 1917, lot 123 (as by a Florentine Master);
Harry Fuld, Sr., Frankfurt, by 1925 to before 1932;
With Galerie Heinemann, Wiesbaden, 1970's.

PROPERTY FROM A SOUTH AMERICAN COLLECTION (LOTS 3, 4, 7, 8, 37, 42, 54, 55, 71, 76)
We are grateful to Miklòs Boskovits and Everett Fahy for attributing this panel to Ventura di Moro, based on photographs. We are grateful to the heirs of Harry Fuld, Jr., for clarifying the provenance of this lot.