Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2605BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 14, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Italian School, 19th Century
Madonna and Child, After a Relief by Donatello
Unsigned, with a red wax collector's seal l.l., and with a handwritten label affixed
to the reverse.
Oil on cradled panel, 18 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (47.5 x 32.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Cracks to panel, retouch, paint losses, areas of lifting, craquelure, surface grime.
Provenance: Sold to benefit the mission and ministry of the Sisters of St. Margaret.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Frame with a label from The Rosenbach Galleries, Philadelphia, on the reverse. Handwritten label reads, "Madonna & Child/.../Unknown Price $80/ Return to Dr. R. J. N...sier/29 Lafayette Place/N.Y. City."