Ignazio Stern

Ignaz Stern, called Stella (Mauerkirchen, Bavaria 1679-1748 Rome) The Madonna and Child oil on copper 9 7/8 x 7 3/8 in. (25.1 x 18.7 cm.) Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 12 January 1996, lot 136 ($10,925), where acquired by the present owner. Ignaz Stern trained under Carlo Cignani (1628-1719) in Forlì and worked in Rome and the Emilia-Romagna region, producing altarpieces and private devotional paintings primarily for monastic patrons. His tender pictures, like the present work, display a refined tonality that derives from Federico Barocci, and suggest the formative influences of Guido Reni, Correggio, and Parmigianino. The frame of the present lot is likely original.

Lot Description Ignaz Stern (Mauerkirchen, Bavaria 1679-1748 Rome) Allegory of Spring; and Allegory of Autumn oil on canvas, the first unlined 24¼ x 19¾ in. (61.5 x 50 cm.) inscribed 'A.J. Gros Paris' (on the reverse, the second transcribed) two (2) Lot Condition Report I confirm that I have read this Important Notice and agree to its terms. View Condition Report Provenance Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner. Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, 1945, inv. nos. 1 and 2, whence restituted to the father of the present owner in 1993. Pre-Lot Text PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRINCELY COLLECTION View Lot Notes › We are grateful to Professor Giancarlo Sestieri for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs.

Auktion A156 Lot 3107 - 01 April 2011 15:00 STERN, IGNAZ (Passau circa 1679 -1748 Rome) Madonna and child with an apple. Oilon canvas. 74 x 61 cm. Our thanks to ProfessorGiancarlo Sestieri for confirming the authenticity of the paintingon the basis of a photograph. CHF 8 000.- / 10000.- € 6 150.- / 7 690.- STERN, IGNAZ (Passau um 1679 - 1748Rom) Madonna mit Kind und Apfel. Öl aufLeinwand. 74 x 61 cm. Professor Giancarlo Sestieribestätigt die Eigenhändigkeit anhand einer Fotografie, wofür wirihm danken. CHF 8 000.- / 10 000.- € 6 150.- / 7690.-

Ignaz Stern (Mauerkirchen, Bavaria 1679-1748 Rome) Venus reclining with Cupid and putti disporting oil on copper, oval 12½ x 16½ in. (31.7 x 41.9 cm.) Provenance with Whitfield Fine Art, London. Literature G. Sestieri, Repertorio della Pittura Romana della fine del Seicento e del Settecento, Turin, 1994, III, fig. 1034).

Ignaz Stern (Mauerkirchen Bavaria 1679-1748 Rome) The Triumph of Venus and Cupid oil on copper 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.5 cm.) THE PROPERTY OF AN AUSTRIAN COLLECTOR (lots 140, 142, 156, 160,0, 162, 162-165, 173, 201, 204, 213, 261) Lot Notes The attribution was confirmed by Professor Giancarlo Sestieri in a letter dated 6 December 1992.