AFTER JACOB CORNELISZ COBAERT (1500-1615), A SET OF FOUR BRO

AFTER JACOB CORNELISZ COBAERT (1500-1615), A SET OF FOUR BRONZES 'THE FOUR EVANGELISTS' ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURYEach depicted with attributesSaint John The Evangelist: 23cm, Saint Mark: 23.6cm, Saint Matthew: 23.5cm, Saint Luke: 23cm Literature:J. Montagu, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Metal Sculpture of the Roman Baroque, New Haven and London, 1996, pp. 36-46, figs. 56-61These statuettes were cast after the four Evangelists in the gilt bronze tempietto tabernacle in the church of S. Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. The tabernacle was previously attributed to Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), but reattributed to Jacob Cornelisz Cobaert by Jennifer Montagu (Montagu op. cit., 1996). A contemporary of Gianlorenzo Bernini, Cobaert was a renowned Flemish-born sculptor, who trained with Guglielmo della Porta (1515-1577) and worked in Rome.