Lot 82: Sinibaldo Scorza Voltaggio 1589 - 1631 Genoa , The reconciliation of Jacob and Laban

bears initials and date centre left: P.D/ 1658 oil on canvas, unlined

measurements note 73 by 111.4 cm.; 28 3/4 by 43 7/8 in.

Only after he moved to Genoa in 1604 and entered the workshop of Battista Paggi did Scorza begin to specialise as an animal painter. This work may be compared with his Orpheus charming the animals in a Genoese private collection (for which see La Pittura a Genova e in Liguria: dal Seicento al primo Novecento , Genoa 1987, p. 301, reproduced fig. 255).