Jan Lossaert, called Giovanni Losardi
The Virgin in Glory with Saints Carlo Borromeo, Ignatius, Michael, Elisabeth with John the Baptist, Anne, Dominic, Joseph, Lawrence, Francis and Catherine
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Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Bid
7,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Jan Lossaert, called Giovanni Losardi
Flemish, active in Rome 1600–1625
The Virgin in Glory with Saints Carlo Borromeo, Ignatius, Michael, Elisabeth with John the Baptist, Anne, Dominic, Joseph, Lawrence, Francis and Catherine
signed lower right: GIOANI LOSARDI F.
oil on copper
unframed: 46.4 x 35.7 cm.; 18¼ x 14 in.
framed: 57.5 x 47.1 cm.; 22⅝ x 18½ in.
Anonymous sale, Vienna, Dorotheum, 24 April 2018, lot 298;
Where acquired by the present owner.
Although Lossaert was born in Antwerp, he spent the majority of his life in Rome, resulting in the Italianisation of his name. His work is clearly influenced by that of Johann Rottenhammer (1564–1625), who likewise resided in Rome until around 1595–96. One of Rottenhammer's greatest paintings of this same subject, which is now in the National Gallery, London,1 should certainly be considered the precedent for Losardi's composition. The figure of Saint Francis, at lower right, is directly inspired by Federico Barocci's Saint Francis receiving the stigmata, in the Vatican Museum, Rome.2
1 Inv. no. NG6481; oil on copper, 92.7 x 63.5 cm.
2 Inv. no. MV.40380; oil on canvas, 169 x 119 cm.
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