LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tondo, tempera and oil on panel

Size Notes:

diameter

Exhibited:

Chicago, Art Institute, July-October 1919; London, Grosvenor House, June 1990; Florence, Galleria Luzzetti, 18 September- 6 October, 1991, no. 19.

Literature:

Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, September 1919, vol. 13, p. 94, reproduced, p. 89; F. Frangi, "Il Sodoma: un Compianto giovanile e qualche indicazione sulle fonti figurative", Paragone, 473, pp. 66-67; Collezione Gianfranco Luzzetti: dipinti, sculture, disegni, XIV-XVIII secolo , entry by A. Tartuferi, Florence 1991, pp. 92-95, cat. no. 19, reproduced, p. 93; D. Radini Tedeschi, Giovan Antonio Bazzi, detto il Sodoma: La vita, le opere e gli allievi di uno dei massimi artisti del Rinascimento, Subiaco 2010, p. 130, cat. no. 16 (as dateable to 1504).

Provenance:

Prince Golinicheff Koutousoff, Saint Petersburg, probably by 1903, from whom acquired by; Nicholas Riabouchinsky, Moscow (His sale, New York, American Art Galleries, 26 April, 1916, lot 22, reproduced, selling for $8,500, the record price of his sale); With Kleinberger Galleries, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Hall McCormick, Chicago; With French & Co., New York; Sale: Sotheby's, London, 11 December, 1985, lot 4, there purchased by A. Deveraux; With Gianfranco Luzzetti, Florence, from whom acquired by the present owner.