Two Evangelists

Gherardo Starnina, c. 1407

Starnina was a widely travelled artist who developed an elegant and highly coloured style in Spain. After he returned to Florence in 1403, his work exerted a profound influence on the artistic development of Lorenzo Monaco and other Florentine painters. These two panels, which are in excellent condition, probably served as wings of a large altarpiece.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3979
  • Dimensionsheight 35 cm x width 14 cm
  • Physical characteristicstempera on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Two Evangelists

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3979

  • Description

    Staande evangelist ten voeten uit, een pen in de rechterhand, in de linkerhand een boek. Waarschijnlijk oorspronkelijk onderdeel van een altaarstuk of een dergelijk ensemble. Met geïntegreerde lijst. Pendant van SK-A-3980.

Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: Gherardo Starnina, Florence
    • painter: Meester van de Bambino Vispo [rejected attribution]
    • painter: Giovanni dal Ponte [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    c. 1407

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    tempera on panel

  • Dimensions

    height 35 cm x width 14 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Michiel Onnes van Nijenrode (1878-1972, Kasteel Nijenrode, Breukelen), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 10 July 1923, no. 18, as Lorenzo Monaco (‘Deux pères de l’église’), with pendant, SK-A-3980, fl. 4000, to Frederik Muller;{Copy RKD.} …; collection Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, with pendant, SK-A-3980, by 1927;{Van Marle 1923-38, vol. IX, 1927, p. 72.} his widow Anna Theresia Elisabeth Lanz - Willi (1870-1954), Amsterdam, with pendant, SK-A-3980, 1935; from whom, CHF 2,000,000 and fl. 350,000, with pendant, SK-A-3980, and XX other paintings, to Hans Posse (1879-1942), for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz, through the mediation of the dealer N. Katz, 1941; war recuperation, SNK, with pendant, SK-A-3980, 15 February 1946 (inv. no. NK 2345);{Provenance from 1935 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 3813; the Munich Central Collecting Point number 3813 is recorded in blue ink on the reverse of the panel.} on loan from the SNK, with pendant, SK-A-3980, to the museum, 1948 (inv. no. SK-C-1394); transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

    • R. Oertel, 'Pantheon' 32 (1974), p. 424
    • B. Degenhart, 'Zur Ausstellung der Slg. O. Lanz im Rijksmuseum', 'Pantheon' (1941), p. 35
    • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1953, p. 18
    • H.W. van Os, 'Discoveries and rediscoveries in early Italian painting', 'Arte Cristiana' 695, Marzo/Aprile (1983), p. 75, afb. 12, 13
    • J. van Waadenoijen, 'A Proposal for Starnina: exit the Maestro del Bambino Vispo?', 'The Burlington Magazine' CXVI (1974), p. 85

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