Orazio Samacchini (Bologna 1532-1577), The Baptism of Christ

Orazio Samacchini (Bologna 1532-1577), The Baptism of Christ

with the coat-of-arms of Johann Caspar and Jacob Franz Brücker (centre left); oil on canvas; 59 1/8 x 47 7/8 in. (150.3 x 121.7 cm.). Est. £70,000 - £100,000 - Lot sold £169,250

Provenance: Johann Caspar Brücker, Altdorf, by whom given c. 1690, as the dowry of his daughter, the Capuchine Abbess of Altdorf, to
The Capuchine Cloister, Altdorf, until c. 1900, when purchased by a priest, by whom bequeathed to
Ingenbohl Convent, Canton Schwyz, until at least 1959.
The private collection of a priest, Switzerland, and by descent.
with Galerie Gloggner, Lucerne.

Notes: Another version of this picture, attributed to Orazio Sammachini, is in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid (inv. no. 8472).

A copy of the present picture, published by Dr. Helmi Gasser as by Denys Calvaert, is in the Cloister at Seedorf (H. Gasser, Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Uri, Bern, I.I, 2004, pp. 282-4, fig. 223).

Christie's. Old Master Pictures. 24 April 2009. London, King Street www.christies.com Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2009