Giovanni dal Ponte

Property from the Brooklyn Museum, sold to support museum collections. Lot 11. Lucas Cranach I (Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar), Lucretia, signed with the artist’s winged-serpent device (lower right), oil on panel, transferred to board24 x 16 in. (61 x 40.6 cm.). Estimate USD 1,200,000 - USD 1,800,000. © Christie's Images Limited It is the kind of sale that once would have engendered criticism, perhaps even sanctions: The Brooklyn Museum is putting 12 works up for auction at Christie’s next month — including paintings by Cranach,... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni dal Ponte (Giovanni di Marco), Virgin and Child Enthroned between Saints Lawrence and Stephen, c. 1425/26, tempera on three panels, 51 1/2 x 56 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, CMA 1954.23

Giovanni dal Ponte (1385 - 1437/8), Madonna and Child with Angels, 1410s.  Tempera and tooled gold leaf on panel, 88.3 cm x 57.8 cm. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX, USA.  The iconography and technique of this panel are medieval. Set against a cloth of honor held by angels and wearing a crown, the Virgin appears as Queen of Heaven. This is also implied by her seated position; before it was cut along the bottom edge, the panel may have shown the step of a throne. Christ's erect posture and gesture of... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni di Marco, called Giovanni dal Ponte (Florence 1385 - 1437/8), Madonna and Child flanked by two angels. Photo Sotheby's gold ground, tempera on panel, arched top; 28 by 15 1/2 in.; 71.1 by 39.3 cm. Sold Provenance: Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, January 26, 2006, lot 41. Notes: Giovanni dal Ponte was born in Florence where he was purported to have been a pupil of Spinello Aretino (circa 1345-1410). In 1410, he joined the Arte de Medici e degli Speziali, the official guild of painters, and in... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni dal Ponte (Florence 1385-1437/38), The Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist, Andrew, Anthony Abbot, and Nicholas of Bari. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2009 the Annunciation in the predella with signature 'JACOBUS DI LANDINVS' (on the plinth), tempera and gold on panel, arched top; 46 x 24 in. 116.8 x 61 cm. Sold. Giovanni dal Ponte, so named after the location of his studio at Santo Stefano a Ponte in Florence, is believed to have been a student of Spinello Aretino. A prolific artist,... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni dal Ponte (ca. 1385, Florence, Italy - ca. 1438, Florence, Italy), Virgin and Child with Angels, 1425. Tempera and gold on panel, 139 x 86 cm. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, M.A., United States Of America © 2010 friendsofart

Giovanni dal Ponte (Giovanni di Marco) (1385-1437 · Florentine), Madonna and Child Enthroned, Crowned by Two Angels with Saints Anthony Abbot and James Major.  Circa 1420-1425. Photo courtesy M.S. Rau Antiques. Tempera on gold ground panel, 21 1/2 Inches. Price: $550,000 Giovanni dal Ponte, also known as Giovanni di Marco, is often grouped with the greatest artists of the early 15th century credited as the harbingers of the Italian Renaissance tradition. Studying under late 14th-century... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni di Marco, also known as Giovanni dal Ponte (1385-1437), God the Father sending the dove of the Annunciation, c. 1415. Tempera on cusp-shaped panel mounted in the 18th century; carved and gilt wood frame, 47.5 x 47 cm. Moretti Fine Art Ltd, London at Frieze Masters, (Stand D1) 17 to 20 October 2013 LONDON - Moretti Fine Art, with galleries in galleries in Florence, New York and London, will be exhibiting at Frieze Masters (Stand D1), staged on Gloucester Green in Regent’s Park, London, from 17 to 20 October... [Lire la suite]

Francesco d’Ubertino Verdi, called ‘Il Bacchiacca’ (1494 -1557, Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Oil on panel, 86 x 56 cm LONDON - Moretti Fine Art will be exhibiting at the first Frieze Masters, a new art fair taking place in Regent’s Park, London, from 11 to 14 October 2012. Moretti Fine Art, which has galleries in Florence, New York and London, will present a selection of Italian Old Master paintings with a particular emphasis on the Renaissance. Fabrizio Moretti, who is a member of the Selection Committee for... [Lire la suite]

Cola Petruccioli (painter from Orvieto, active in the second half of the 1000 – 1400, died in 1401), Allegory of Fortitude, Justice and “Vita activa”, fresco, 315 × 65 cm, 315 × 72 cm, 315 × 62 cm. Collection of Old Master Paintings, inv. no. 1260, 1357, 1362 . Museum of Fine Arts Budapest © Museum of Fine Arts Károly Pulszky (1853–1899), director of the museum’s predecessor, the National Picture Gallery, earned undying reputation in enriching its collection, primarily the Italian Renaissance material. It was he who purchased... [Lire la suite]