Mary in Prayer and St. John the Baptist; details from panel paintings, framed together
1510-20
Pine, tempera
123.5 x 59.5 x .4 cm
Inv. 56.458
This composition is composed of two panel painting details that were joined later. One detail shows Mary with clasped hands kneeling on a cloud, while the other shows St. John the Baptist also kneeling, with his arms open in prayer. The two figures may have originally belonged to a Deesis depiction. Mary and St. John the Baptist were perhaps cut out of the composition and placed together in a 19th-century frame in order to be sold on the art market.
Provenance:
Ipolyi Collection. ‘135. Picture in two parts, one half shows Mary, the other St. John the Baptist. Panel. Imitates the style of the 17th c.’ (Lakatos-Balla 290)
Bibliography
Genthon-1948, 122. – –Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 162. – Lakatos-Balla-2012 290.
Provenance:
Ipolyi Collection. ‘135. Picture in two parts, one half shows Mary, the other St. John the Baptist. Panel. Imitates the style of the 17th c.’ (Lakatos-Balla 290)
Bibliography
Genthon-1948, 122. – –Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 162. – Lakatos-Balla-2012 290.
