Valenziana Scuola

LOT 157 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MEXICO VALENCIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1500 THE NATIVITY tempera and gold on panel, with an arched top 150,000—250,000 USD measurements note 28 3/4 by 43 1/2 in.; 73.5 by 110.5 cm. Baud, Lausanne,His sale, Lausanne, Galerie Sangiorgi, 31 August - 16 September1896, lot 1318 (as school of Van Heck);Purchased by the father of the present owner in the 1970s. C.R. Post, A History of Spanish Painting, Cambridge, MA 1947,vol. IX, part II, pp. 820-22, reproduced (as by BartoloméBermejo). This impressive panel once functioned as an altarpiece forprivate devotion. Although attributed to Bartolomé Bermejo in C.R.Post's History of Spanish Painting (see Literature), and also givento him by Gudiol, current scholarship is divided over the work'sauthorship.1 The Flemish influence, evident in thebalanced composition, palette, and construction of the building andflooring are all characteristic of Valencian paintings of theperiod, but would be atypical for Bermejo, who was active inAragon. Although a consensus has yet to be reached on itsauthorship, the beauty and elegance of the figures and theirconvincing relation to one another and their surroundings in space,belie the hand of a well-trained, cosmopolitan artist with strongties to both Spanish and Flemish artistic traditions. 1. In a certificate dated, 24 May 1979, available upon requestfrom the department.

School of Valencia, circa 1700 A concert of birds before a waterfall; and Aconcert of birds at a stone fountain the former inscribed 'Natura Harmona' (on scroll, lower centre) andthe latter inscribed 'Natura Garulla' (on scroll, lower left) a pair, oil on canvas 107.7 x 152cm (42 3/8 x 59 13/16in). (2) Request Condition Report Footnote: The present compositions may be compared to a pair of paintings, Assemblies of Birds , that were sold at Sotheby's, London, 9July 1998, lot 266. These compositions are unusual in Spanish artat this date and the artist may have drawn on Flemish models. Theclosest parallels may be found in the work of the Valencianpainters, Tomás Hiepes and Miguel March, although a Madrid artistof this period should not be excluded.

Valencian School, 17th Century An urn of carnations with a bird on a flowing water cistern, a bottle floating in it's well, a plate of cherries and a basket of fruit on a ledge nearby; and A Basket of cherries and apples with a finch on a ledge, with a glass vase of tulips and carnations, with artichokes and other flowers oil on canvas 28 x 36¼ in. (71 x 92 cm.) a pair (2) Lot Notes see back cover illustration