LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

30.28 in. (76.90 cm.) (height) by 19.33 in. (49.10 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club,. Winter Exhibition, Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures, decorative furniture …, 1907, no. 1;. Berlin, Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums Verein, 1914, no. 11; . Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Italian Art from the 13 th Century to the 17 th Century , 1955, no. 21 (as Botticelli

Literature:

H. Cook, 'Notizie d'Inghilterra', in. L'Arte , XI, 1908, p. 58 (the Virgin as Botticelli, and the child to a weaker hand);. H.P. Horne, Alessandro Filipepi, Commonly Called Sandro Botticelli, Painter of Florence , London 1908, p. 140, Italian ed., Florence 1986, pp. 209 and 460 (as an admirable studio copy); Langton Douglas, 1911, p. 270 . Possibly J.A. Crowe and G.B. Cavalcaselle, A History of Painting in Italy , vol. IV, London 1911, p. 269 (as 'A Madonna and Child' by Botticelli in the Eduard Simon collection); . Y. Yashiro, Sandro Botticelli, London and Boston 1925, vol. I, p. 236 (as studio of Botticelli); . A. Venturi, Botticelli , Rome, 1925, pp. 58-59, pl. XCII (as Botticelli?); . R. Van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting , vol. XII, The Hague 1931, pp. 232-33 and 236 (as workshop of Botticelli); . C. Gamba, Botticelli , Milan 1936, pp. 149-50 (as a good studio replica); . R. Salvini, Tutta la pittura del Botticelli , Milan 1958, vol. II, p. 73, reproduced plate 133a (as studio of Botticelli). . Italian Art from the 13 th Century to the 17 th Century , exh. cat., Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham and London 1955, p. 14, no. 21 (as Botticelli); . E.K. Waterhouse, 'The Italian Exhibition at Birmingham', in The Burlington Magazine , XCVII, 630, 1955, p. 295, reproduced p. 294, fig. 33 (the heads of the Virgin and child as Botticelli, the child's legs to an assistant); . R. Lightbown, Sandro Botticelli , London 1978, vol. II, p. 120, no. C9 (under workshop and school pieces); . G. Mandel, Botticelli. L'opera completa del Botticelli , Milan 1978, p. 99, no. 88, reproduced p. 98 (as studio of Botticelli); . H.P. Horne, Alessandro Filipepi detto Sandro Botticelli pittore in Firenze , Florence 1987, p. 179, n. 466; . N. Pons, Botticelli. Catalogo completo , Milan 1989, p. 73, no. 67; . N. Pons, Dagli eredi di Giotto al primo Cinquecento , Florence 2007, pp. 138-47 (as Botticelli and studio

Provenance:

James Mann, Castle Craig, Perthshire, by 1907;. With Dowdeswell, London; . Acquired from the above by Eduard Simon, Berlin, by 1914; . His sale, Berlin, Cassirer and Helbing, 10 and 11 October 1929, lot 5; . Purchased at the above by Martin Schwersenz; . Bruno Spiro ( d . 1936), Hamburg; . By inheritance to his wife Ellen Spiro ( d . 1977), later Ellen Austin, Hamburg and London; . Acquired from the above by P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1955; . Acquired from the above by Sir Thomas Barlow CBE, 1955; . With Simon Dickinson, London; . With Moretti Gallery; . Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007