15th C. Paintings


Priamo della Quercia (attributed to)
(Italian, active 1438 - after 1467)

Scene From a Novella (cassone panel)
early 1440s
K 269
Tempera and tooled gold on panel
17 x 18 1/4 inches (43.2 x 46.4 cm)

Provenance
Vatican, Rome (?)
Giulio Sterbini, Rome
Contini Bonacossi, Florence, from whom
acquired by Kress in 1933
Museum of Art, Science and Industry (now "The Discovery Museum"), Bridgeport, CT

Exhibited
San Francisco, CA., "Italian Paintings lent by Mr. Samuel H. Kress", Jan. 1934-June 1935 (continuing exhibition to Charlotte, NC, p. 15, as by Andrea di Giusto)
Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art,
1941-53

Image: Kress Collection

Anonymous Lombard Painter
Madonna and Child
c. 1475-1500
K 578
Emulsified tempera on wood
11 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (29.2 x 22.5 cm)

Provenance
Contini Bonacossi, Florence, from whom acquired by Kress in 1939
Museum of Art, Science and Industry (now "The Discovery Museum"), Bridgeport, CT

Exhibited
Staten Island, NY, Institute of Arts and Sciences, December 1955, as by Bergonone
Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1956

Madonna and Child


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