
Ignazio Stern (or Ignaz Stern) (January 17, 1679 – May 28, 1748), born in
Mauerkirchen
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in
Austria
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, was a
Baroque
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painter who worked in Rome, dying there in 1748.
Biography
He was a pupil of
Carlo Cignani in Bologna, and worked in Lombardy, then in Rome. He painted an ''Annunciation'' for the church of the Nunziata in
Piacenza. In Rome, he frescoed the sacristy of S. Paolino, and left some oil pictures in the church of S. Elisabetta.
The History of Painting in Italy, from the Period of the Revival.
Volume 2, by Luigi Lanzi, page 309. He was the father of the painters Ludovico Stern
Ludovico Stern (October 5, 1709- December 25, 1777) was an Italian painter of the Rococo or late-Baroque period, active in Rome. He is known for both large sacred and history paintings, as well as still lives, and portraits.
Biography
Stern wa ...
and Veronica Stern.
Works
*''Allegory of Spring,'' Los Angeles County Museum of Ar
*''Sts. Sergius and Bacchus'' and ''St. Basil'', Santi Sergio e Bacco, Church of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, Rome
References
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1679 births
1748 deaths
17th-century Austrian painters
Austrian male painters
18th-century Austrian painters
18th-century Austrian male artists
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian male artists