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Giuliano di Leonardo (Nardo) d'Antonio And his brother Benedetto (1442-1497), known as da Maiano (attributed)

Maiano near Fiesole 1432 – 1490 Naples

Large Renaissance bench, cassa pancha. Circa 1480/90

Inlay and marquetry on walnut with moor oak, sycamore, ebony and green spalted wood; mounted on poplar. 196 x 553 cm (77 ⅛ x 217 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Giuliano di Leonardo (Nardo) d'Antonio And his brother Benedetto (1442-1497), known as da Maiano (attributed). Large Renaissance bench, cassa pancha. Circa 1480/90.

Estimate:

EUR 50,000

 

- 70,000

USD 64,800

 

- 90,700

Sold for:

61,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 207-213

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.05.2013

Information

Inlay and marquetry on walnut with moor oak, sycamore, ebony and green spalted wood; mounted on poplar. 196 x 553 cm (77 ⅛ x 217 ¾ in.). In the left panelling the letters (in ligature): AMNB / L (mirrored) - possibly referring to: A (d’Antonio) B (Benedetto) N (Nardo) M (Maiano), L (di Leonardo). Catalogue raisonné: Attributed by Dr. Frida Schottmüller (1872-1936), custodian for the Italian Renaissance at the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum Berlin. Supplementary marquetry pieces, supporting structure renewed.

Related literature: Frida Schottmüller: Wohnungskultur and Möbel der italienischen Renaissance, Stuttgart 1928. Thomas Rohark: Intarisen. Entwicklung eines Bildmediums in der italienischen Renaissance, Göttingen 2007. Daniela Lamberini (ed.): Giuliano e la bottega dei da Maiano, Florence 1994..

Stefano Bardini, Florence / 1904 Dr. Eduard Georg Simon, Berlin (Victoriastraße 7) / Dr. A. Pauli, Amsterdam (1932) / aristocratic German private collection, Ticino / Private collection, Berlin

Walter Curt Behrendt: Alfred Messel, Berlin 1911, p. 59 / Die Sammlung Dr. Eduard Simon, auction catalogue Paul Cassirer, with an introduction Max J. Friedlaender, Berlin 1929, vol. 2, lot 154 / Auction catalogue Sotheby's, Zürich, 8 June 1999, lot 19