03 Religious Icons, Workshop of Andrea di Nerio's Nativity; Dormition of the Virgin and Assumption of the Virgin, with footnotes #51

Workshop of Andrea di Nerio

Nativity; Dormition of the Virgin and Assumption of the Virgin

Tempera on panel, gold ground

Private collection

Estimated for 40,000 - 60,000 USD in January 2023

Andrea di Nerio

Nativity

Tempera on panel, gold ground, shaped top

19⅝ by 16¼ in.; 49.8 by 41.3 cm.

Private collection

The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is described in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew. The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judaea, his mother Mary was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention. Many modern scholars consider the birth narratives unhistorical because they are laced with theology and present two different accounts which cannot be harmonised into a single coherent narrative. But many others view the discussion of historicity as secondary, given that gospels were primarily written as theological documents rather than chronological timelines. More on The nativity of Jesus

Andrea di Nerio

Dormition of the Virgin

Tempera on panel, gold ground, shaped top

21⅝ by 16⅜ in.; 54.9 by 41.6 cm.

Private collection

The Dormition of the Mother of God celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the Theotokos.

Andrea di Nerio

Assumption of the Virgin

Tempera on panel, gold ground, shaped top
19⅝ by 16¼ in.; 49.8 by 41.3 cm.
Private collection

The dogma of the Assumption teaches that at the end of her time on earth, Mary was taken up—body and soul—into heaven. There, she sits at her Son’s right hand, as Queen of Heaven and Earth. The foundation for the teaching is rooted in Scripture, specifically in John’s mysterious and apocalyptic vision recorded in Revelation 12. 

Andrea di Nerio ( fl c. 1350s; d before 1387), was an Italian painter, long known only through meagre documents, this founder of the 14th-century Aretine school of painting was identified (1974–5 exh. cat.) through the discovery of his signature on an Annunciation panel probably painted for the Compagnia di SS Annunziata, Arezzo, in the 1350s. His authorship can now be established for a group of stylistically similar works formerly attributed to several hands, including the Master of the Vescovado and Spinello Aretino, who was doubtless Andrea’s pupil (and whose sculptor brother, Niccolò, married Andrea’s daughter, Rebecca). Andrea’s most distinguished works, combining the influence of Pietro Lorenzetti, Maso di Banco and Buffalmacco, include the poetic pair of predella panels with scenes from the Life of St John the Baptist (both Berne, Kstmus.) and the narrative frescoes in S Bartolomeo, Arezzo. His compositional clarity, incisive figure style and refined technique place him in the first rank of 14th-century Tuscan painters. More on Andrea di Nerio

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