Sale 369
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$6,000 – $8,000
Property from the Toledo Museum of Art, sold for the benefit of the Art Acquisition Fund Provenance: Palazzo Davanzati, Florence, Italy Probably sold at Elia Volpi auction, New York, 1919 Collection of Otto H. Kahn, New York Joseph Brummer Antiquities, New York Sold Parke-Bernet, New York, April 20-23, 1949 Acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art at the above sale Illustrated: Elia Volpi, Horace Townsend, Cesare A. Guglielmetti, and Thomas E. Kirby, Illustrated Catalogue of the Art Treasures and Antiquities Formerly Contained in the Famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy, New York, American Art Association, 1916, no. 422, 423 Schottmuller, Frida, Furniture and Interior Decoration of the Italian Renaissance, Stuttgart, Germany, Julius Hoffman, 1928, p. 75 The Notable Art Collection Belonging to the Estate of the Late Joseph Brummer, Part I, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, April 20-23, 1949, no. 615 and 616, p. 154
Good, stable, attractive condition overall. Extensive worming, small wood losses, age cracks, scratches, dents, scuffs, heat and water marks throughout. Probably Renaissance structures incorporating later old inlays and decorative elements. Additional photos available upon request.
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