Live Auction 10390Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale
Attributed to Aurelio Lomi (Pisa 1556-1622)
Lot 154 PROPERTY OF LORD EGREMONT DL, REMOVED FROM PETWORTH HOUSE (28, 47, 118 & 154)

Attributed to Aurelio Lomi (Pisa 1556-1622)

The Circumcision

Closed10 July 2015

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GBP 43,750

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Attributed to Aurelio Lomi (Pisa 1556-1622)
The Circumcision
oil on canvas, laid down on panel
61½ x 39 1/8 in. (155.8 x 100 cm.)
in an 18th Century carved giltwood frame

George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837), Petworth House, Sussex, by 1837 (Inventory of Paintings, Sculpture and Books at Petworth House, Property of The Late George, 3rd Earl of Egremont, as ‘Attributed to Bronzino’, and by descent through his son,
George Wyndham, 1st Lord Leconfield (1789-1869), at Petworth.

Specialist note

This composition can be compared with Lomi’s Presentation in the Temple, the vast canvas completed in 1595 for the Duomo in Pisa, (see R.P. Ciardi, Aurelio Lomi, maniera e innovazione, Pisa, 1989, p. 52, fig. X). Several figure types correspond closely, most notably the bearded man in the lower left, who is shown gesturing towards the figure at his shoulder. In both works Lomi repeats the use of twisted columns to frame the composition.