Last November 30th, The Virgin and Child Enthroned by the Master of Vyšší Brod was knocked down for €6.2 M to the Filippo Benappi Gallery, working on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which had moved into action to give this painting its due honour.
The painting by the Master of Vyssi Brod, painted in tempera on panel (22 x 20 cm) approx. 1350, achieved €6.2 M at Dijon for Cortot & Associés OVV (Cabinet Turquin).
Until a few years ago, the Master of Vyšší Brod was a name known solely to a small circle. Only a few initiates knew about the nine panels of the Cistercian altarpiece commissioned by Charles IV of Bohemia's Grand Chamberlain, Petr Rozmberk, housed in Prague's National Gallery in the Convent of St. Agnes (only four of the panels are ascribed to him), or of the few works attributed to him, like the Madonna of Kladsko (now in Berlin's Dahlem Staatliche Museum). Then came the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2005-2006 exhibition, "Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437": a first that caused a decided shock wave. Since the Velvet Revolution of 1989, Prague has become one of Europe's most popular destinations. Though its cultural patrimony is now accessible and well-known, only a few art lovers, apart from a string of specialists, were aware…
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