Lot 1

Henry Harris Collection, London (label verso)
his deceased sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 October 1950, lot 172
The Property of a Lady
Sotheby's, London, The Property of a Lady, 10 July 1974, lot 7
Private collection, London, acquired from the above
The Property of a Lady
Sotheby's, London, Old Master Paintings, 4 December 2008, lot 156
where purchased by Robert Compton Jones (accompanied by a copy of the original purchase receipt)

Berenson, B., Pitture Italiane del Rinascimiento, 1936, p. 445 (as by a close follower of Simona Martín or Lippo Memmi);
Bellosi, L, Buffalmacco e il Trionfo della Morte, Turin 1974, reproduced fig. 190 (as by the Master of San Torpè).

First published by Prof. Luciano Bellosi immediately after the 1974 Sotheby's sale, the attribution of this small devotional panel to the Master of San Torpè was reaffirmed prior to the 2008 Sotheby's sale by Prof. Bellosi and independently endorsed by Mr Everett Fahy following firsthand inspection c. 2008.

Henry Harris (d. 1950) formed a major collection during the early 20th century of Renaissance pictures, bronzes, and works of art, that were sold posthumously in a series of sales held by Sotheby's in London. Among the highlights of the collection were Giovanni di Paolo's Saint John the Baptist, a portrait by Federico Barocci and a bronze fountain figure by Rustici. He also bequeathed an unfinished picture of The Madonna with the children at play by a follower of Leonardo, to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (A.790).