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拍品专文
Recognised as a work by Bartolomeo di Giovanni, the gifted associate of Ghirlandaio, by De Francovich in 1926, this panel has subsequently been unanimously attributed to him. In 1990 Nicoletta Pons argued convincingly that this must be the altarpiece described as a 'tavola del monasterio di Boldrone', for which a payment of ten florins 'd'oro larghi' was made to the artist on 3 June 1498 (Pons, op. cit., p. 128). Pons, who like Everett Fahy (to whom we are indebted for full information about the picture) only knew this through photographs, regards the altarpiece as one of the 'opere più tipiche' of the late phase of the artist.
The monastery of San Giovanni a Boldrone, dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist, was founded in 1193, and occupied by Camaldolese monks - the whole order was founded by Saint Romuald - between 1291 and 1375, when this was abandoned. This altarpiece was evidently commissioned when the Camaldolese returned to San Giovanni, where they are known to have been subsequently visited by Cardinal Giulio dei Medici.
The picture was presumably bought by Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bt., whose celebrated collection of old master pictures included an extensive series of Italian Renaissance altarpieces, built up with the help of Sir Charles Robinson.
The monastery of San Giovanni a Boldrone, dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist, was founded in 1193, and occupied by Camaldolese monks - the whole order was founded by Saint Romuald - between 1291 and 1375, when this was abandoned. This altarpiece was evidently commissioned when the Camaldolese returned to San Giovanni, where they are known to have been subsequently visited by Cardinal Giulio dei Medici.
The picture was presumably bought by Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bt., whose celebrated collection of old master pictures included an extensive series of Italian Renaissance altarpieces, built up with the help of Sir Charles Robinson.