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Battle of Pharsalus and the Beheading of Pompey
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian (Florentine), about 1416–1465)
Marco del Buono di Marco (Italian (Florentine), about 1402–1489)
Marco del Buono di Marco (Italian (Florentine), about 1402–1489)
about 1456–65
Medium/Technique
Tempera on panel
Dimensions
40.6 x 130.8 cm (16 x 51 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number15.910
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceCharles Butler (b. 1822 - d. 1910), London [see note 1]; about 1904/1906, possibly sold by Butler to Agnew's, London (stock no. 1143) [see note 2]; 1906, sold by Agnew's to Alexandre Imbert. 1915, Bacri Frères, Paris; 1915, sold by Bacri to the MFA for $3699. (Accession Date: July 15, 1915)
NOTES:
[1] This cassone panel was first seen by Walter Gay in 1915, when it was with Bacri in Paris. In a letter to the MFA (May 7, 1915) Gay states that it is "undoubtedly by Paolo Uccello...It is from the Butler collection, London -- the latter had a sale in March 1911, though this picture did not figure in _that_ catalogue, being bought at another time." [2] Possibly the picture sold by Butler to Agnew's that was described as "Italian primitive, cassone front, a battle, 20 x 52."
NOTES:
[1] This cassone panel was first seen by Walter Gay in 1915, when it was with Bacri in Paris. In a letter to the MFA (May 7, 1915) Gay states that it is "undoubtedly by Paolo Uccello...It is from the Butler collection, London -- the latter had a sale in March 1911, though this picture did not figure in _that_ catalogue, being bought at another time." [2] Possibly the picture sold by Butler to Agnew's that was described as "Italian primitive, cassone front, a battle, 20 x 52."