6026 - Lauri, Filippo

Lauri, Filippo The Stoning of St. Stephen. Oil on canvas, with relining. 33 x 42 cm. On the reverse side of the stretcher, there is a lacquer seal bearing a coat of arms and a customs stamp from Rome. Filippo Lauri depicted the martyrdom of St. Stephen in several variations; another version is housed at Burghley House near Stamford (Inv. PIC051I). Lauri’s artistic interpretations were taken up by contemporaries such as Francesco Trevisani, whose copper engraving on the same theme is preserved in Rome at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica in the Palazzo Corsini (Inv. 479). Provenance: Kunsthaus am Museum, Cologne, auction on February 26, 1964, Lot 1198 (attributed to “Francesco Trevisani”), ill. Plate 28. 1984 Kunsthandel R.-M. Kuball, Hamburg. Private collection, Hamburg. - Please request condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.