The burning of a heretic
(1423) {-(1425/26)}
- Artist/s name
- SASSETTA
- Medium
- tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
- Measurements
- 24.6 x 38.7 cm
- Accession Number
- E2-1976
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Victoria, 1976
- Gallery Location
- 14th - 16th Century Gallery - Painting & Decorative Arts
Level 1, NGV International
Provenance
Commissioned by the Arte della Lana, c. 1423, for the altarpiece of the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Siena; altarpiece dismantled c. 1777; unknown private collection; bought by an unknown dealer; from whom purchased by Thomas Agnew & Sons (dealer), London, by 1976; acquired for the NGV from Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1976
