VENTURA DI MORO | MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SAINT ANTHONY AND TWO DONORS

VENTURA DI MORO
Florence between 1395 and 1402 - 1486
MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SAINT ANTHONY AND TWO DONORS

tempera on panel, gold ground
20⅛ by 14 in.; 51.1 by 35.6 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 well-matched pair of scenes have been restored to a high level, highlighting the crisp contours and linear elements. Not obvious under either normal or ultra-violet light, retouching reinforces the sharpness of the details drawn in with paint, enhances the vibrancy of the palette, and knits together wear along the age-related craquelure. Both horizontally grained boards are in sound condition. The Dormition of the Virgin has been painted on a single board, while The Birth and Presentation is comprised of two boards with a join running across the middle of the panel. On the reverse of The Birth and Presentation, a deep recess for a butterfly insert spanning the join is visible. The varnish is clear and even. Neither scene shows any need of conservation treatment at present.

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Provenance:
Charles Henry Coster, Florence, by 1954.