Lot 204: *BERNARDINO NOCCHI (1741-1812)

a set of four, all oil on canvas, lunette-shaped These four small canvases are, like the preceding lot, bozzetti or more likely modelli (presentation pieces) for the artist's work in the chapel of the Palazzo Vidani-Caffarelli in Rome, datable to circa 1773-1774 (G. Sestieri, Repertorio della Pittura Romana della fine del Seicento e del Settecento, 1994, vol. I, p. 137). These designs for four lunettes show the Four Evangelists with their identifying symbols: John with the eagle, Mark with the lion, Luke with the ox, and Matthew with an angel. For further information on the artist and this commission please see the note to the preceding lot.