Inv. n°: CL112

The Pazzi Madonna

Deacessionned from The Levett Collection in December 2023 - Donated to the Palazzo Davanzati, Florence, Italy. (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi) (1386/7 - 1466) The Madonna cradling the Child, He is seated upon a cushion and is supported by her right hand, He holds her veil in His left hand, laid down on a wood background painted as a star-filled blue sky, within an architectural frame flanked by pilasters, the lower tablet inscribed 'S. M. INTERCEDE. PNOBIS'.

h. 64.5 cm (73 cm including original frame)

15th century

Polychrome plaster

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Provenance

  • Collection Elia Volpi, Palazzo Davanzati, Florence
  • American Art Association, the Davanzati Palace Sale, New York, 21st November 1916
  • William Boyce Thompson,, Yonkers, New York
  • Christie’s, New York, sale 7818, New York, 11th January 1994, lot 12
  • Daniel Katz Limited, London, 1998
  • Sold by the above to Hans Rausing Collection, London, until 2014
  • Acquired at Daniel Katz Limited, London, 2016

Publications

  • R. Ferrazza, Palazzo Davanzati e le collezioni di Elia Volpi, Centro di Firenze, Florence, 1994, p. 150, no. 140 (ill.); p. 188, fig. 185

Exhibitions

  • Room adjoining the second floor lounge, Palazzo Davanzati, opened as a private museum by Elia Volpi (Museo Privato della Casa Fiorentina Antica), Florence, Italy, 1910 — 1916
  • Iona College (previously William Boyce Thompson Mansion which will become Mary Elizabeth Seton College in 1961 before merging with Iona College in 1989), Yonkers, USA

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