Description:
Italian School, 16th Century
Adoration of the Magi
Identified on several labels affixed to the reverse.
Oil on cradled panel, 18 x 21 7/8 in. (55.7 x 46.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Horizontal cracking to panel, retouch, craquelure, surface grime.
N.B. Label on the reverse from a former owner gives the artist as Vincenzo Foppa (1425-1510),purchased from Castano Galleries in Boston in August, 1967, and describes the frame as Northern Italian, c. 1540, purchased from A. Wiggins & Sons, London, September, 1967.
Estimate $800-1,200
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