Office of the Tax Administration (Biccherna) of Siena, anonymous, 1451 - 1452

Identification

Title(s)

Office of the Tax Administration (Biccherna) of Siena

Object type

Object number

SK-A-3429

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Questa si è l'entrata e uscita della generale Bicherna al tenpo di savioso Fra Gabriel Matheuccio e de savi huomini missr Petro Tomasini Lodovicho Trichierchi Ricchardo Salvi Franciescho di Nani insegni Angniolo di Pietro orafo Franchiescho Luti Aldobrandino di missr Tomasso Pichogliuomini quatro di bicherna di Giovanni di Nicholo Bichi scrittore della Bicherna cominciando nel MCCCCLI e a dì primo di genaio e finendo a dì ultimo di dicienbre MCCCCLII’

Description

Bicchernablad. Het kantoor van de belastingsdienst (biccherna) van Siena. Achter een tafel zitten de belastingsontvanger (camarlingo) en zijn collega. Voor de tafel staan zes verschillende personen. Op de achterwand een schildering of verschijning van Maria Assunta geflankeerd door de heilige Bernardino van Siena en de heilige Catharina van Siena. Geheel rechts en geheel links op verhogingen de figuren van twee zalige leden van de Servietenorde. Onder de voorstelling 10 wapens en een opschrift waarin aangegeven wordt dat het pand een schutblad is van het biccherna register van Siena uit 1451-52.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous

Place

Siena

Dating

1451 - 1452

Material and Technique

Physical features

tempera on panel

Material

Measurements

height 48.5 cm × width 30.5 cm
depth 5.7 cm

Subject

What

When

1451 - 1452

Where

Siena

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1941

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Inv.;…; from Prof. Farri [?], Florence, fl. 3,080, to Julius Wilhelm Edwin vom Rath (1863-1940), Amsterdam, 1929;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 305 other objects, to the museum, 1941

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Familie Vom Rath-Bunge te Amsterdam : en de nalatenschap van J.W.E. vom Rath (1863-1940)
Sienese Paintings in Holland, Horst Karl Gerson, Hendrik Willem van Os, Gary Schwartz

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5455

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