Property from a Private Collection
Tommaso
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, a river landscape beyond
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Tommaso
act. Florence, late 15th / early 16th centuries
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, a river landscape beyond
oil on poplar panel, tondo
unframed: 87.7 x 85.9 cm.; 34½ x 33⅞ in.
framed diameter: 119.5 cm.; 47 in.
Victor Hahn (b. 1869), Berlin;
His sale, Berlin, Herman Ball and Paul Graupe, 27 June 1932, lot 6 (as Lorenzo di Credi), for 2,100 Reichsmarks;
Acquired by the father-in-law of the present owner in the 1980s.
C. Daly, 'List of paintings attributed to ‘Tommaso'', in D. Civettini, 'Tommaso'. Lorenzo di Credi’s ‘Doppelgänger’, exh. cat., London 2024, p. 56.
Tommaso, who specialised in devotional scenes of this nature destined for domestic settings, was a close follower of Lorenzo di Credi (c. 1456–1536) and in all likelihood trained in his workshop. Lorenzo’s influence is visible throughout the present composition, from the expansive landscape and arrangement of figures, to the pose of the Madonna and the physiognomy of the Child. This tondo compares particularly closely with Lorenzo's Adoration of the Child in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.1
We are grateful to Dr Christopher Daly for his assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
1 Ident. no. 89; oil on poplar panel, diameter: 73.5 cm.; https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/866898/die-anbetung-des-kindes.
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