THE FOUR EVANGELISTS, WORKSHOP OF JACOB CORNELISZ COBAERT, ROME, 17TH CENTURY FOUR FIGURES, WORKSHOP OF JACOB CORNELISZ COBAERT, ROME, 17th CENTURY in patinated bronze on square marble bases depicting the Four Evangelists , according to the model recognised by Jennifer Montagu in the statues by Jacob Cornelisz Cobaert (Flanders c. 1630 - Rome 1615) placed to adorn the altar executed between 1587 and 1582 for the chapel of Cardinal Mathieu Cointrel in the Roman church of San Luigi dei Francesi. These bronze figures were often destined for the ornamentation of liturgical cabinets or furnishings, as for example well testified by the altarpiece attributed to him with gilded bronze sculptures, today preserved in the Sala Altoviti of Palazzo Venezia in Rome; h. 25.8 to 24.2 cm (the figures), on bases 2x12.5x11 cm Provenance Florence Taccani, Milan (declaration of 23/12/1983); Private collection Comparative literature P. Cannata , Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia. Bronze Sculptures , Rome 2011, pp. 140-150