Saint Mary Magdalene

Italian glazed terracotta figure of Mary Magdalene in the manner of Andrea Delle Robbia. Renaissance.

h. 103 x w. 22 x d. 31 cm

Probably 19th century

Glazed terracotta

Provenance

Oscar Huldschinsky, Berlin
Paul Cassier and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, 10-11 May 1928, lot 68; with A.S. Drey, Munich
Paul Graupe, Berlin, 17-18 June 1936, lot 104
Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence
Hermann Göring, Germany, Acquired from above in 1941
Allies' Central Collecting point of Art, Munich, After 1945
Thence recuperated by the Italian state through Rodolfo Siviero, 1954
Exhibited in the Palzzo Vecchio, Florence, By 1965
Uffizi Galleries, Florence, In storage
Restituted to the German state, 2020
Thence restitued to the heirs of A.S. Drey, 2020
Acquired at Sotheby's, Property restitued to the heirs of A.S. Drey, London, 2020, lot 37

Publications

G. Gentilini, L'opera ritrovata: Omaggio a Rodolfo Siviero, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1984, p. 89, no. 28
Sotheby's, Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art, 2020, [On-line]. Available at:https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/old-master-sculpture-and-works-of-art/manner-of-andrea-della-robbia-1435-1525-italian5

Exhibitions

L'opera ritrovata: Omaggio a Rodolfo Siviero, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy, 01/01/1984 — 01/01/1984

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