Companion Pieces: Bunches of Flowers in Glass Vases
Ignaz Stern (Passau 1679 - Rom 1748)
Lot-No. 492
Proceeds : 11.400 €
Oil/canvas. 43,5 to 44 x 33,5 to 34,5 cm. Some rest., relined. - Expertise: Francesco Petrucci kindly confirmed the authenticity. - German history and still life painter. After artistic beginnings in Ingolstadt, S. studied with Carlo Cignani in Bologna. Around 1700 he settled in Rome, where he decorated many churches with frescoes and altarpieces. In addition, he created genre scenes and especially virtuoso floral still lifes. Mus.: Wien (Kunsthist. Mus.), Nürnberg (Germ. Nat.-Mus.), Kopenhagen (Thorvaldsen-Mus.), Düsseldorf, Prag, Modena a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Ignaz Stern: Companion Pieces: Bunches of Flowers in Glass Vases
Ignaz Stern (Passau 1679 - Rom 1748)
Companion Pieces: Bunches of Flowers in Glass Vases
Lot-No. 492
Proceeds : 11.400 €
Oil/canvas. 43,5 to 44 x 33,5 to 34,5 cm. Some rest., relined. - Expertise: Francesco Petrucci kindly confirmed the authenticity. - German history and still life painter. After artistic beginnings in Ingolstadt, S. studied with Carlo Cignani in Bologna. Around 1700 he settled in Rome, where he decorated many churches with frescoes and altarpieces. In addition, he created genre scenes and especially virtuoso floral still lifes. Mus.: Wien (Kunsthist. Mus.), Nürnberg (Germ. Nat.-Mus.), Kopenhagen (Thorvaldsen-Mus.), Düsseldorf, Prag, Modena a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
