Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani, Master of the Kress Landscapes
(Florence, ca. 1484 – 1527)
HOLY FAMILY WITH ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST AND TWO ANGELS
oil on panel, 104,5x86 cm
SACRA FAMIGLIA CON SAN GIOVANNINO E DUE ANGELI
olio su tavola, cm 104,5x86
Exhibitions
- The Italians. Three Centuries of Italian Art, Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, 28 March – 16 June 2002 and Melbourne, Melbourne Museum, 5 June – 6 October 2002.
Literature
- L.A. Waldman, ‘The ‘Master of the Kress Landscapes’ Unmasked: Giovanni Larciani and the Fucecchio Altar-Piece,” Burlington Magazine, CXL,144, 1998, p. 468, fig. 35;
- The Italians. Three Centuries of Italian Art, exhibition catalogue (Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, 28 March – 16 June 2002; Melbourne, Melbourne Museum, 5 July – 6 October 2002), edited by G. Algranti, Canberra 2002, pp. 62-63;
- M. Palmeri, Una Madonna col bambino di Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani, in “Erba d’Arno”, nn. 124–125, 2011, p. 56;
- L. Aquino, Vita e opere di Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani, un tempo Maestro dei Paesaggi Kress, in Francesco Granacci e Giovanni Larciani all’Oratorio di Santa Caterina all’Antella, in L. Aquino and S. Giordano, exhibition catalogue (Bagno a Ripoli, Oratorio di S. Caterina all’Antella). Florence, 2013, pp. 70-71, fig. 16.
This painting has been declared of particularly important cultural interest by the Italian Ministry of Culture. As a protected cultural property, it may not be permanently exported from Italy. Any temporary export (e.g. for exhibitions or conservation) is subject to prior authorization by the competent Italian authorities.
Opera dichiarata di interesse particolarmente importante con decreto del 6 febbraio 2014 del Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo, ai sensi degli artt. 10, comma 3, lett. a), e 13 del D.Lgs. 22 gennaio 2004, n. 42 e ss.mm.ii.