Born in 1680, Ignaz Stern is known to have studied with Carlo Cignani in Bologna before settling in Rome in circa 1700. He completed a fresco in the Lateran begun by Giovanni Odazzi. Stern also executed easel paintings of devotional character. Stern’s work was also inspired by the work of Carlo Maratta and indirectly by that of Correggio.

Ignaz Stern was an Italian painter who spent most of his career in Rome. He assimilated the lessons of various Italian painters and developed a graceful and refined Baroque style with clear chromaticism. He was influenced by Carlo Cignani, Pasinelli, and Giovanni Gioseffo Dal Sole. Some of his notable works include the Santa Dorothea in the Walter Art Gallery in Baltimore and the Nativity in private collections.