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The Master of Roncaitte (c1400-c1430) Italian. "The Virgin and Child", Oil on panel, In a Tabernacle Frame. 29.5" x 21" (75 x 53.3cm). Provenance: Paolini Collection, Rome, 1927; American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, 22nd January 1931, lot 60 as Jacopo Bellini; John (Janos) Justus to Mrs M B E Justus, and by descent to current owner. Literature: Serena Padovani, 'Antichita Viva', 1974, no.5, p.21, as by The Master of Roncaitte. Notes: This was attributed to Jacopo Bellini by Detlev von Hadeln and sold as such in the 1930's. The present attribution has previously been confirmed by Professor Boskocits in Florence and Everat Fahy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York
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