GIOVANNI DI SER GIOVANNI GUIDI, CALLED SCHEGGIA | TWO BOYS AT PLAY, A DESCO DA PARTO

GIOVANNI DI SER GIOVANNI GUIDI, CALLED SCHEGGIA
San Giovanni Valdarno near Arezzo 1406 - 1486 Florence
TWO BOYS AT PLAY, A DESCO DA PARTO

tempera and oil on panel, a tondo
diameter: 25 in.; 63.5 cm.

Renowned Art Dealer Fabrizio Moretti and The Strokes' Fab Moretti Collaborate

Condition Report:
The following condition report has been provided by Karen Thomas of Thomas Art Conservation LLC., 336 West 37th Street, Suite 830, New York, NY 10018, 212-564-4024, info@thomasartconservation.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.

This painting is in sound condition, with retouching throughout that knits together abrasion apparently resulting from past strong cleaning. The retouching is not noticeable with the naked eye and is also not entirely obvious under ultra-violet illumination. In the dark green foliage, the original details have been reduced and the passage is peppered with tiny dots where the light preparatory layers are visible. Normal age-related cracks are visible throughout the painting, most of which follow the direction of the wood grain. The wood grain of the circular wood panel support is close to horizontal, rotated approximately 15 degrees counter-clockwise. Old wood worm damage is visible on the reverse of the panel. The panel displays a very mild warp and appears to be structurally sound.

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Provenance:
Stefan von Auspitz collection, Vienna, by 1910;

Adolf von Beckerath, Berlin;

Anonymous sale, Berlin, Rudolph Lepke, 23-26 May 1916, lot 311 (as Manner of Piero della Francesca);

Emil Weinberger, Vienna;

His sale, Vienna, C.J. Wawra & Glückselig, 22-24 October 1929, lot 451 (as Central Italian (Sienese) School, c. 1480);

Kurt Walter Bachstitz, The Hague, by 1938;

By whom sold, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 27 March 1952, lot 11 (as Domenico di Michelino);

With the Arcade Gallery, London;

Where acquired by Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1953;

By whom anonymously sold, New York, Christie's, 25 January 2012, lot 3, for $482,500.