LOT DETAILS

Materials:

both oil on panel

Measurements:

61.85 in. (157.10 cm.) (height) by 29.88 in. (75.90 cm.) (width)

Literature:

H. Waschgler, "Der Maler Simon von Tesido (Taisten)" , in Der Schlern, vol. 16, 1935, p. 290-302;; Weingartner: Die Kunstdenkmäler Südtirols I, Vienna 1923, p. 600;; A. Stange, Deutsche Malerei der Gotik, Salzburg, Bayern und Tirol in der Zeit von 1400 – 1500, Berlin 1960, pp. 193-195, reproduced, fig. 316;; Thieme-Becker 31/32 69; L. Andergassen, "Simon von Taisten als Freskenmaler", in Louis Oberwalder/Peter Thomas Ruggenthaler, Innsbruck 2003, p. 103-125.

Provenance:

Commissioned by the Freiherren von Sternbach of Bruneck Castle, Bruneck, South Tyrol, Italy; Anonymous sale, Vienna, Dorotheum, 15 March 1961; There purchased by the husband of the present owner.