Grey Matters

Antonio Rizzo (Verona 1430-99 Venice)

Virgin and Child, ca. 1480
stone relief (pietra di Nanto)
25 1/5 x 19 inches
64 x 48.5 cm

price available upon request

Giovanni Mansueti (act. Venice ca. 1485-1526/27)

The Supper at Emmaus, ca. 1495
oil and ink on poplar
29 1/4 x 49 inches
74 x 124 cm

price available upon request

The Master of 1499 (active Ghent? ca. 1490–1520)

Two wings from a triptych showing the Annunciation, with scenes of the Nativity and a kneeling donor accompanied by standing Saints on the reverse, ca. 1500
oil on panel
46 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches
117.5 x 42.5 cm

375,000 USD

Lovers Surprised by Death, 1510
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks
8 3/8 x 6 inches
212 x 151 mm

price available upon request

Anonymous artist, Rhineland (Cologne?)

The Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1510-20
green-tinted cylinder glass with silver stain and vitreous paint
⌀ 8 1/2 inches
⌀ 21.7  cm

22,000 USD

Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (Pontormo 1494–1557 Florence)

Apollo and Cupid, 1513
oil on canvas
24 x 18 7/8 inches
61 x 47.3 cm

Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (Pontormo 1494–1557 Florence)

Apollo and Daphne, 1513
oil on canvas
24 3/8 x 19 1/4 inches
61.91 x 48.9 cm

Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (Pontormo 1494–1557 Florence)

Adam and Eve, ca. 1515
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 14 inches
46 x 35.5 cm

Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (Pontormo 1494–1557 Florence)

A Standing Figure of a Young Boy, Seen from Behind, His Face Almost in Profile and a Separate Sketch of His Left Hand at the Top Corner, ca. 1518-19
black chalk heightened with white on blue paper
6 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches
174 x 95 mm

Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (Pontormo 1494–1557 Florence)

Striding Nude with Arms Raised (verso) / Standing Male Nude Seen from the Back, and Two Seated Nudes (recto), ca. 1519-21
black, red, and white chalk / red chalk with stumping, on laid paper
15 15/16 x 8 3/4 inches
405 x 224 mm

Circle of Dirk Vellert (ca. 1480 – 1547)

The Prodigal Son cavorting with harlots, ca. 1520
green-tinted clear cylinder glass with vitreous paint and several hues of silver stain
⌀ 9 7/8 inches
⌀ 25  cm

30,000 USD

Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (Pontormo 1494–1557 Florence)

A Standing Male Nude, Holding onto a Ring and Looking Upwards
pen and brown ink, over faint traces of an underdrawing in black chalk /another study of the same figure in pen and brown ink over a black chalk underdrawing (verso), ca. 1519-21
15 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches
403 x 244 mm

price available upon request

Agnolo Bronzino (Florence 1503-72)

Portrait of a Young Man with a Book, ca. 1525-28
oil on panel
37 x 30 3/4 inches
94 x 78 cm

Pietro Buonaccorsi, known as Perino del Vaga (Fiesole 1537–91 Florence)

A Griffin Holding a Coat-of-Arms, ca. 1525
pen and brown ink
6 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches
173 x 138 mm

36,000 USD

Baccio Bandinelli (Florence 1493-1560)

The Deposition, ca. 1528-29
pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk
15 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches
385 x 281 mm

Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (Pontormo 1494–1557 Florence)

Portrait of Cosimo I de’ Medici, ca. 1537
oil on panel
39 5/8 x 30 3/8 inches
100.6 x 77 cm

Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo 1511–1574 Florence)

The Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1540-45
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash / a sketch, by another hand, of a Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, in black chalk (verso), ca. 1540-45
7 1/2 x 6 inches
191 x 151 mm

225,000 USD

Giulio Bonasone (Bologna 1531 – 1574 Rome)

St. Paul Overcoming the Viper, after Perino del Vaga, mid 1540s
engraving
9 3/4 x 6 1/2  inches
249 x 165 mm

8,000 USD

Master I.C.

Ewer with the Bacchanal and Procession of Sea Gods, ca. 1565
grisaille and camaïeu enamels
H 10 5/8 inches / 27 cm
⌀ max 4 1/3 inches / 11 cm
spread 5 inches / 12.8 cm

175,000 USD

Giovanni Maria Butteri (Florence 1540-1606)

Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio and Other Tuscan Men of Letters, 1565
pen and brown ink on paper
11 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches
292 x 257 mm

58,000 USD

Pierre Reymond (ca. 1513 – after 1584)

A pair of Limoges Enamel plates illustrating the months January and April, ca. 1570
painted enamel on copper, grisaille on black background, red and gilt highlights
⌀ 10 inches
⌀ 25.4 cm

190,000 USD