Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Rescuing a Boy from Drowning
- Date
- c. 1500-1530
- Medium
- Tempera on wood panel
- Dimensions
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10 1/2 x 20 3/8 in. (26.7 x 51.8 cm)
Frame: 15 5/8 x 25 1/2 x 2 1/2 (39.7 x 64.8 x 6.4)
- Department
- European Painting
- Classification
- Paintings
- Credit
- Gift of Ralph Harman Booth
- Accession No.
- 27.10
- Provenance
- Paris, Collection Alphonse Kann (prior to 1923, until 1927);
New York, auction, Alphonse Kann (American Art Association), 7 Jan. 1927, lot 35;
Detroit, Ralph H. Booth, by whom given to the DIA in 1927.
Note that Matteo Mazzalupi mistakenly (2005 corpus, p. 356) states that both panels (this and 25.146) were formerly in the Kann coll., Paris and that both were purchased by the DIA in 1927 at a NY auction. This is only true for 27.10.
- Keywords
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paint, panel, tempera, wood
Published References
Gnoli, U., Pittori e miniatori dell'Umbria , Spoleto, 1923, p. 105.
Valentiner, W.R., "Zwei Predellen zu Raffaels frühestem Altarwerk," Festschrift für Max J. Friedlander , Leipzig, 1927, p. 244 (as Raphael).
Heil, W., Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts , Detroit, 1930, cat. 176, repr. (as Raphael).
Berenson, B., Italian Pictures of the Renaissance , Oxford, 1932, p. 178 (as Eusebio di San Giorgio).
Marle, R. van, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting , The Hague, 1928, vol. 14, p. 404; p. 437 mentions two predella panels in Budapest museum that appear identical with Detroit panels (as an artist in the circle of Perugino).
Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexicon der Bildenden Künstler , vol. 29, Leipzig, 1935, pp. 435-446, esp. 434 (entry by O. Fischel for Raphael).
Berenson, B., Pitture italiane del rinascimento , Milan, 1936, p. 153 (as Eusebio da San Giorgio).
Venturi, A., "Quattro parti di predella raffaelesca," L'Arte , vol. 43, 1940, pp. 134-139 (as Raphael).
Valentiner, W.R., "A note on two Raphael predella panels," Bulletin of the DIA , vol. 20, no. 7, 1940-41, pp. 70-71, repr. (as Raphael).
Richardson, E. P., ed., DIA Catalogue of Paintings , (2nd ed.), Detroit, 1944, p. 106, no. 176 (as Raphael).
Schöne, W., "Raphaels Krönung des hl. Nikolaus von Tolentino," in Eine Gabe der Freunde für Carl Georg Heise zum 28.VI.1950 , Berlin, 1950, p. 134.
von Wülfingen, O. Bock "Ein unbekanntes Bild zus der Jugendzeit Raffaels," Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst , 3. Folge 2, 1951, pp. 105-117, esp. p. 117, note 34.
Réau, L., Iconographie de l'art chretién , vol. 3, pt. 2, Paris, 1958, pp. 989-990, esp. p. 190 (cited, as Raphael).
Volpe, C., "Notizie e discussione su Raffaello giovane," Arte antica e moderna , vol. 17, Jan. March 1962, p. 80.
DIA, Paintings in the DIA: a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965 , Detroit, 1965, p. 90 (attrib. to Raphael).
Dussler, L., Raffael. Kritisches Verzeichnis der Gemälde. Wandbilder und Bildeppiche , Munich, 1966, pp. 24, 51, no. 22.
Berenson, B., Italian pictures of the Renaissance: a list of the principal artists and their works with an index of places. Central Italian and North Italian schools , vol. 1 (text), London, 1968, p. 123.
Dussler, L., Raphael , London, 1971, pp. 2, 57.
Fredericksen, B. and Zeri, F., Census of pre-19th century Italian paintings in North American Collections , Cambridge, MA, 1972 , p. 161 (as follower of Perugino).
Fahy, E., Some followers of Domenico Ghirlandaio , New York, 1976, p. 188 (cited, as by "Pisan follower of Pintoricchio).
Béguin, S., "Un nouveau Raphael: un ange du retable de Saint Nicolas de Tolentino," La Revue du Louvre et des Musées de France , vol. 31, no. 2, 1982, p. 113, note 9.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery, "Raphael and America," 9 Jan - 8 May 1983, p. 44 and note 128 (exh organized and cat. written by David Alan Brown).
Marabottini, A., "Raffaello fino all'ottobre del 1504" in ¦Raffaello giovane e Città di Castello¦, exh. cat. Città di Castello 1983-84, p. 88 note 32 (possibly mentioned here, or is only 25.146 mentioned here?)
Todini, F., La pittura umbra: dal duecento al primo cinquecento , Milano, 1989, pp.
Grand Rapids, MI, Grand Rapids Art Museum. "Pietro Perugino: Master of the Italian Renaissance," exh. cat., Nov. 1997-Feb. 1998, no.6a, pp. 158-161, color repr. (exhibition organized by J. Becherer).
Rome, Vatican City, Braccio di Carlo Magno, "Immagine e Mistero il Sole il Libro il Giglio: Iconografia de San Nicola da Tolentino nell'arte italiana dal XIV al XX secolo", 2005, pp. 128-131, cat. 44c, repr. (not lent; as Raphael with the collaboration of Evangelista di Pain di Meleto--exh. organized by M. G. Lopez).
¦San Nicola da Tolentino nell'arte, Corpus iconografico¦, vol. 1 (from the origins to the Council of Trent), ed. by Valentino Pace, with Roberto Tollo et. al., Biblioteca Egidiana, convento di San Nicola, Tolentino, 2005 (published by Federico Motta Editore, Milan), pp. 188 (color ill.), 356 (cat. 244b) (entry by Matteo Mazzalupi, with incorrect inv. number, as anonymous painter)
