LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

31.50 in. (80.00 cm.) (height) by 20.00 in. (50.80 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, 1910, no. 10 (as Botticelli);. Manchester, City Art Gallery, Loan exhibition of the Benson collection of old Italian masters, 27 April - 3 September 1927, no. 66 (as Botticelli).

Literature:

L. Cust, "La Collection de M. R.-H. Benson," in Les Arts, Paris, London, New York October 1907, no. 70, p. 26 (as attributed to Botticelli);. Winter Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, London 1910, p. 7, cat. no. 10 (as Botticelli);. R. Benson, Catalogue of Italian Pictures Collected by Robert and Evelyn Benson, London 1914, pp. 45-46, cat. no. 24, [reproduced, illustrated ed., 1914] (as Botticelli);. Loan exhibition of the Benson collection of old Italian masters, exhibition catalogue, Manchester 1927, p. 23, cat. no. 66 (2nd ed., p. 25, cat. no. 77) (as Botticelli);. A. Porcella, "Una 'Madonna' sconosciuta del Botticelli," in L’Illustrazione Vaticana, no. 18, 30 September 1931, pp. 22-26 (as Botticelli);. "The Benson Madonna," in The Illustrated London News, 26 December 1931, pp. 1062-63 (as Botticelli);. T. Borenius, "Art" in M.H.E. Carmichael (ed.), Lord Carmichael of Skirling. A memoir prepared by his wife, London 1929, p. 316, under note 1 (as studio of Botticelli);. G. Mandel, L'opera completa del Botticelli, Milan 1978, p. 100, under cat. no. 93 (as a replica);. C. Sebag-Montefiore, "R.H. Benson as a Collector," in J. Wake (ed.), Kleinwort Benson: The history of two families in banking, Oxford 1997, p. 484, no. 17 (as attributed to Botticelli).

Provenance:

Panciatichi collection, Florence, by 1880 (according to the 1902 sale below);. Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, Bart. (1859-1926), later 1st Baron Carmichael, Castlecraig, Scotland;. His sale, London, Christie's, 13 May 1902, lot 272 for £1,680 (as Botticelli) to Agnew's, on behalf of Benson;. Robert H. Benson (1850-1929), 16 South Street, Park Lane, London and Buckhurst, Sussex;. His collection sold en bloc for £400,000 to Duveen on 28 June 1927 (as Botticelli);. With Joseph Duveen (1869-1939), London, Paris and New York (a French customs stamp is visible on the verso);. By whom sold, along with two other items, for £2,100 in December 1930 to Ventura (as School of Botticelli); . With Eugenio Ventura, of 2 Via Salvagnoli, Florence, imported into Florence on 12 January 1931 (according to a customs stamp on the reverse);. With Galleria Cortinovis, Bologna;. From whom acquired by the father of the present owner in circa 1950.