Anonimo , Cenni di Pepo - ambito - sec. XIII/ XIV - Ultima Cena
CLASSIFICATION
Location
Fototeca Ragghianti - Complesso Monumentale S. Micheletto, Via S. Micheletto, 3, Lucca (Toscana, Italia)
Inventory number
00068698
Archival series
Arte medievale
Container
24. Pittura medievale. Monografico: Cimabue, Cimabue (ambito)
Folder
Cimabue (ambito) (scuola veneziana)
Shelfmark
AM/24/3
Cataloguing Institution
S122
OBJECT
Category
documentazione del patrimonio storico artistico
Object
positivo
Number of objects
1
Trattamento catalografico
bene semplice
BW/C - Material and technique
Dimensions
mm 140 × 147 (supporto primario)
SOGGETTO / TITOLO
Subject
Autore opera fotografata
Attributed title
Cenni di Pepo - ambito - sec. XIII/ XIV - Ultima Cena
Source of title
del catalogatore
Autore / Responsabilità
Autore
Reason for attribution
n.r. (M)
Dating
Dates (from – to)
XX (1930 ca. - 1980 ca. )
Reason for dating
analisi tecnico-formale
Iscrizione, Emblemi, Marchi, Stemmi, Timbri
Posizione
sul supporto secondario: verso
Definizione
iscrizione
Trascrizione
N. Orleans, Delgado Mus. of Art/ Garrison 704
Note
annotazione a penna di C. L. Ragghianti
Posizione
sul supporto secondario: verso
Definizione
iscrizione
Trascrizione
[vedi annotazioni]
Note
a stampa su etichetta incollata sul verso
OWNERSHIP
Specific owner
Fondazione Centro Studi sull'Arte Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti
NOTES
Notes
Italian painter, 13th Century/ The Last Supper/ We know of four small paintings which originally belonged to the same complex: The Nativity in the collection of Prof. Roberto Longhi, Florence; The Capture of Christ in the Garden, Kress Collection, Portland Art Museum; The Last Judgement, private collection, Milan; all of them reproduced in Proporzioni II, 1948, Pl. 24-27. Opinions vary concerning the authorship of these exquisite paintings which, though very small in size, are monumental in spirit. Longhi (and in Proporzioni II, 1948) along with A. Venturi, Fiocco, Suida, Gronau, maintains that they are the work of Cimabue. Van Marle says "as author of this magnificent little picture the name of Cimabue presents itself to our mind. It is certainly by the same hand as the 'Christ Taken Prisoner', now in the Portland Art Museum. Perkins thinks the paintings by a roman artist, contemporary with Cimabue. Offner (1947), on the other hand, attributes the whole group to the Venetian school, late 13th century. Garrison agrees to their Venetian origin, but dates them somewhat later, c. 1315-25, and calls the anonymous artist the "Speaking Christ Master". Berenson says of our painting: "More in common with Cimabue than No. 324 (The Capture of Christ) but due only to use of same Greek models-perhaps. Certainly not Cimabue nor Roman nor Tuscan". This divergence of opinion makes this little masterpiece a fascinating subject for further research. Linden wood, height 6 ¾ - width 7 1/8 Formerly the property of Amadeo, Rome. Kress Collection 1935. Exhibited with its companion piece, The Capture of Christ in the Garden, in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from 1941 until recently; listed in Preliminary Catalogue 1941, No. 311, as "Cimabue (?)"; Book of Illustrations, 1941, p. 84. (W.S.)