LOMBARDE school around 1515 Two saints : Laurent... Lot 10

LOMBARDE school around 1515 Two saints : Laurent or Etienne and Antoine abbot Mixed painting on poplar panel, one board, not parqueted, predella element of an altarpiece Panel with horizontal grain. 34,3 x 38,5 cm - Thickness 2,5 cm Bears an export stamp and inscriptions on papers on the reverse: "mpel der Akademie mailand Ausfhart / Erlaubnis der damaligen östreichischer / Behörde, Gekauft von Bilhauer kohn in / Koblanz: Antonius other Stefanius. Art der / Palma. Dr. Reitz / Dresden " " Umchrift: G(randt) R(eale) / Accademia di Milano (mailand) / Per l'esportazione / (Erlaubnis auszu / fürhen) / Östreish. Wappen also von 1859 / (FI: Franz Josef?) / 1933 Reitz - Ius der / funf- bar / Diacon / stepanus other / Laurenius" Wax stamp: "Per l'zione C.R Accademia di Milano". (Misses, lifts, wear and restorations, mainly in the face of the holy deacon) Panel cut on the left side and deprived at this point of the trace of the molding of the frame of 1.8 cm wide that can be seen on the other three sides. On the reverse, painted in black, open galleries of xylophagous insects and presence of a yellow wax seal, with the arms of the Austrian Empire, issued in the 19th century by the export office of the Accademia di Milano. Presence of two labels mentioning in German the legend of the seal, another the name of the deacon: "Stephen or Lawrence". The two saints presented full-length, stand out against a background of lake and mountain landscape dominated by a bright sky. It is a simple conversation that takes place in the middle of nature between the two characters: the holy deacon, adorned with a rich red dalmatic tied on his shoulder, points to his companion the sacred book that he holds open on his right knee, while Saint Anthony, dressed in the monastic habit, presents the cross. The tone of freedom with which the dialogue between these two characters is established denotes an anti-classical attitude on the part of the author of this unpublished panel, which seems to fit in with the Lombard pictorial production of the Cremona or Brescia region at the beginning of the 16th century.