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PDF Document (1331) SAINT JOHN IN THE DESERT By r" DOMENICO VENEZIANO Florentine, active 1439-1461 N.B.: This, with the "Martyrdom of St. Lucy" in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, the "Annunciation" in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, the "St. Zenobius Raises the Boy" in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, the "St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata" in the National Gallery of Art (Kress Collection), formed the predella to the altarpiece of the "Virgin and Child Enthroned with the Saints" by Domenico Veneziano from the Church of St. Lucia de Magnoli, Florence, now in the Uffizi Gallery. COLLECTIONS: Bernhard Berenson, Florence, Italy. Carl W. Hamilton, New Yorx, N. Y. PUBLICATIONS: See separate page of references. EXHIBITIONS: Exhibition of Italian Art, Royal Academy, London, 1930. Rep. No. 112 of Catalogue. "Italian Paintings of the Renaissance," Century Club, New York, March 1935, No. 6 of catalogue. Written Opinions as by DOMENICO VENEZIANO - R. van Marie, G. M. Richter, R. Offner Signed photograph as by DOMENICO VENEZIANO - B. Berenson 7-31-45 1331 - Panel High Wide 4" 12-1/2" Ptg. 11-1 MARTIN Frame 16" 17-5,1" ALFRED R S. Box 20.12" 21-7/8" TROTOGRAPHER OF PAINTI Suanucl H. KreEs Foundation AND ART OBJECTS t Uollection NEW YORK References regarding No. 1331 SAINT JOHN IN THE DEbEhT By DOMENICO VENEZIANO Florentine, active 1439-1461 PUBLICATIONS* ( ) b.Berenson, "Dedalo," 1925, p. 642. (Men.) • "Three Essays in Methods," 1927, p. 25. (Lis.) "Italian Pictures of the Renaissance," 1932, p. 17. (Rep.) *Les Peintres Italiens de la Renaissance," 1935, p. 48. (Lis.) "Pitture Italian* del Rinascimento," 1936, p. 48. (Rep.) P.P.MillPr, 'Recent Discoveries in Italian Painting' The Art News, June 12, 1926, illus. p. 17. (Men.) R.van Merle, "Italian Schools of Painting" Vol. 1, 1928, p. 316. (Rep.) M. Vaughan, "Masterpieces in the Hamilton Collection," The Art News, April 27, 1929, p. 75, illus. in color. ( " ) R.Fry, "Notes on the Italian Exhibition at Burlington Howie," The Burlington Magazine, February 1930, PP. 83-4-5. ( " ) Catalogue of "Exhibition of Italian Art," London, 1930, plate 42. ( " ) L. Venturi, "Pitture Italians in America," 1931, Plate CLAVI. ( ) 'Italian Paintings in Americe," Vol. 2, Plate 200. ( ) C.Gamba, "Dedelo," FebruPry 1931, page 575. (Men.) A.Frenkfurter, 'Itenni Paintinga in Loan Display at Century Cilia," The Art News, March 9, 1935, p. 4. (Rep.) G.Pu-elko, "Studies of Domenico Veneziano,' in Mitteilunt,en -er Kunsthia. Institutes in Florens, January 1934, p. 157. ( • ) R.Kennedy, "Alesso Baldovinetti," 1938, P. 17. ( " ) M.Salmi, "Nccello, Castagna, Domenico Veneziano," p. 128, pl. CLIAIVI (Italian Edition). ( ) "Nccello, Gestagne, Domenico Venezieno," p. 102, plate 210 (French Edition). (Men.) Alfred M. Frankfurter: "Another Great Kress Gift to the National Gallery." In "The Art News," Nov. 1-14, 1944, p. 21. (Rep.) "Art in Americv", Vol. 3;., No. 4, October 1944, p. 171. ( " ) "Masterpieces of Painting," edited by Joan Walker and huntin ton Cairns, 1944, P. 25 (*) ( " ) The Art Olarterly, Autumn 1944, O. 298 (*). (Men.) The Art Luarterly, Autumn 1944, P. 299 00- (Rep.) "The Kress Collection in the National Galiery," bi Alfred M. FrankiAxL. 1944, p. 27 (*) (Men.) "Art News," November 1-14, 1944, p. 21 (Rep.) "Burlington Mabazine," March 1945, Frontispiece. (Men.) "Museum News," November 15, 1944, p. 1..
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