Bicci di LORENZO (Florence 1373 - 1452) Portable triptych Pa - Lot 416

Bicci di LORENZO (Florence 1373 - 1452) Portable triptych Panels forming a triptych Central panel, lower level: The Virgin and Child in front of a canopy held by two angels Central panel, upper level: Christ on the Cross surrounded by the Virgin and Saint John Left pane, lower level: Saint John the Baptist in a landscape Left pane, upper level: Saint George slaying the dragon Right panel, lower level: Saint Anthony the Abbot Right panel, upper level: Saint Francis receiving the stigmata Central panel: 35 x 18 cm Side panels: 35 x 9 cm Overall: 35 x 36.5 cm Missing, worn and restored Christ, accompanied by Mary and Saint John, crowns the central panel, the lower part of which features a Virgin and Child. The left panel shows Saint George triumphing over Evil, with a hermit Saint John the Baptist in front of a landscape below. The right panel depicts a stigmatized Saint Francis of Assisi above a Saint Anthony the Great blessing with his right hand and holding the Gospel in his left. Miklos Boskovits proposed the attribution of our triptych to Bicci di Lorenzo in 1998. Trained in the studio of his father, Lorenzo di Bicci, our painter remained attached to this early education throughout his long career. Bicci di Lorenzo belonged to that group of artists active between the two centuries, who chose not to adhere to the formal renewal of the Renaissance, and who were courageously carried along by the wave of international Gothic. We can place our artist among Lorenzo Monaco and Gentile da Fabriano. His best-known compositions, such as the Visitation of 1435 (Velletri, Chapter Museum), remain faithful to the lessons of the Florentine Trecento. At the end of his life, he was entrusted with the fresco decoration of the church of S. Francesco in Arezzo. Boskovits dates our triptych to the painter's youth, when he was still in his father's studio (written communication dated December 7, 1998). René Millet Expertise - 12, rue Rossini 75009 PARIS / 01.44.51.05.90 / expert@rmillet.net