Giovanni di Ser Giovanni di Simone - The Triumph of Fame



Giovanni di Ser Giovanni di Simone
The Triumph of Fame
c. 1449
62.5 cm diameter
Wood with gold and silver heightening
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase in memory of Sir John Pope-Hennessy: Rogers Fund, The Annenberg Foundation, Drue Heinz Foundation, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, Wrightsman and Gwynne Andrews Funds, special funds, and Gift of the children of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan, and other gifts and bequests, by exchange, 1995


Literature

Pierre Rosenberg, Only in America, Milano, 2006, pp. 36-37


Provenance

Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, (born 1449–died 1492)
confiscated by the Florentine government
Medici family sale, Orsanmichele, Florence, summer 1495, to Bambello
Bartolomeo di Bambello, Florence, 1495–died 1543
his widow, Lucrezia di Bambello, from 1543
their son, Jacopo di Bambello, until died 1579
Abbé Jean Rivani, Florence, in 1801, sold to Artaud de Montor
Alexis François Artaud de Montor, Paris, by 1808–died 1849
his estate sale, Hôtel des ventes mobilières, Paris, 16-17 January 1851, nr. 57, as by Giotto, to Bryan
Thomas Jefferson Bryan, New York, 1851–67, given to New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society, New York, 1867–1995
sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1995, nr. 69, as by Giovanni di Ser Giovanni di Simone, to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 1995.7