This panel front from a cassone will feature in the April 24 sale of Old Master paintings to be held by Dorotheum in Vienna.
The 19in x 4ft 8in (48cm x 1.26m) panel, painted in tempera on wood with pastiglia elements, depicts episodes from Livy’s Story of Lucretia. It is by the Florentine artist known as Master of Charles III of Durazzo, who was working in the city from around 1380-1420. The panel has a 19th century provenance and was once part of the collection formed by Sir John Temple Leader (1810-1903) at the Castello di Vincigliata near Fiesole, which he purchased in 1855 and restored in neo-medieval style.