Lazzaro Baldi

Baldi, Lazzaro (Pistoia vor 1622 - Rom 1703) The Vision of St. Francis Oil/canvas, 97 x 73 cm, in the lower corners accession no. of the Ermitage, some rest., relined. - Prov.: Acquired by tsar Paul I or tsarina Catherine II before 1797; collection of tsar Paul I either in the Pavlovsk palace or in the Marble palace in St. Petersburg as Lazzaro Baldi, accession no. 3311-140; in 1854 sold from the collection of the hermitage by tsar Nicholas I; West European private collection. - We are grateful to Dr. Tatiana Bushmina from the hermitage for identifying the painting in the accession records of the collection. According to Dr. Bushmina the second part of the accession no. suggests that the painting was temporarily either in the Pavlosk palace or in the Marble palace.

LOT 56 LAZZARO BALDI PISTOIA 1624 - 1703 ROME RECTO: A SAINT PREACHING IN PRISON VERSO: STUDIES OF A MAN'S TORSO WITH RAISED ARMS, AND OF RAISED HANDS Drawn with the brush in gray wash, and touches of gray gouache, over black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso), on beige paper, arched top 335 by 236 mm; 13 1/4 by 9 1/4 in

Lazzaro Baldi (1624-1703) attributed to, The execution of a martyr, pen, black and brown ink, grey wash, on paper, 13.5 x 15.5 cm, fixed in mount with black tape, unframed, (Sch) Provenance: An anonymous Collector’’’’s mark on the reverse; coat of arms and eagle (not in Lugt). The attribution of this sheet is based on a stylistic comparison with other sheets by Baldi: A flagellation of St. Lazarus in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (formerly attributed to Pietro da Cortona) and two studies by Baldi in the Uffizi (Inv. Nr. 3142 S) and in the Villa Farnesina (Inv. Nr. FC 124595); of which the latter’’’’s left part of the upright composition with Emperor Theophilus on the throne seems relevant for our drawing.

Lazzaro Baldi (Pistoia 1622-1703 Rome) Design for a monument with two putti around an urn black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white onblue paper, the upper corners cut 10 x 6 7/8 in. (255 x 172 mm.) Provenance J. Richardson, Sen. (L. 2183), his mount with attribution'Pietro da Cortona.' and shelfmarks 'P.99. Zl.9. Zn.5. Jr.'. A. Pond (L. 2038), with his inscription 'True'. C. Rogers (L. 624); T. Philipe, 1 April 1799, lot 65 (according toan inscription 'the 14th night Lot 65'). Charles F. Ramus, 1937, his marks (not in Lugt). Lot Notes Dr Ursula Fischer Pace and Dr Dieter Graf both confirmed theattribution to Lazzaro Baldi.

Lazzaro Baldi Italian, 1624-1703 MASSINISSA AND SOPHONISBA Black chalk, pen and gray ink and wash heightened with white onbuff paper 9 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (24.7 x 26.7 cm.) Provenance: G.F., a Florentine collector The influence of Pietro da Cortona is very much in evidence in thepresent drawing. The gifted pupil surely knew the master'streatment of this subject in one of the lunettes of the Salonedi Venere in the Palazzo Pitti. Unlike most of the artist'sextant drawings, the present example is a well-developed,compositional study. Another highly finished drawing by Baldientitled St. John in the Cauldron of Burning Oil is atChatsworth. A comparable study is in the Gabinetto Nazionale inRome, as well (see Isola, Rondino, etc., il grandi disegniitaliani dal Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe di Roma, Milano,1980, p.81) Estimate $ 3,000-4,000