A Bazzani acquired by Mantua (and another found in Chaumont)

27/12/24 - Acquisition and discovery - Mantua and Chaumont - Little is known about Giuseppe Bazzani’s early career. Few works are dated with certainty, making it difficult to establish a chronology within his output. However, the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua recently acquired a painting by the artist, Christ and the Pilgrims on the Road to Emmaus, through the Galerie Mossini, which may provide an insight into the early stages of his art (ill.1).

Sold at Christie’s in New York in 2001, it was dated to the early 1740s. Today, it is considered to be a painting from the years 1720-1725. In…