Andrea del Verrocchio

This lot has been withdrawn from the sale.

Sir John Edmond Gray Hill (1839–1914), Mere Hall, Birkenhead, until 1911;

His sale et al., London, Christie's, 11 February 1911, lot 133 (as ‘Cenini’), for £100;

Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston (1879–1958);

Her sale, New York, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, 22 April 1932, lot 77 (as Cennino Cennini);

Therese K. Lownes Noble (1877–1970);

By whose Executors sold, New York, Sotheby's, 18 June 1974, lot 108 (as attributed to 'Utili') to Sacerdoti; 

Probably with Edmondo Sacerdoti, Milan;

Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, until 1997;

Their sale, Milan, Finarte 19 November 1997, lot 134 (as Biagio d'Antonio, probably early 1480s).

R. Bartoli, Biagio d'Antonio, Milan 1999, p. 240 (under ‘Rejected Attributions’ [‘Opere espunte’]);

L.B. Kanter, Leonardo: Discoveries from Verrocchio's Studio, Early Paintings and New Attributions, New Haven 2018, p. 97, p. 101 n. 72, reproduced fig. 76, (as follower of Andrea del Verrocchio[?], c. 1480–85; ‘The painting is too damaged and repainted to sustain a firm ascription to any artist’).