Guglielmo Lochis
Count Guglielmo Lochis was an Italian nobleman, politician, art collector and art connoisseur.
Born in Mozzo into a family which had been active in Bergamo since the 16th century and which had held the title of count since the 18th century, he entered public life in 1816 as a member of the Lombard-Venetian guard during the visit to Bergamo of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1835 Bergamo's Accademia Carrara made him its auction commissioner; he also served as the city's podestà from 1842 to 1848, with his resignation from the latter role triggered by the Revolutions of 1848. He died in Bergamo.
Collection
Lochis acquired several artworks in the 1820s, gathering a collection of around 500 works in Villa delle Crocette in Mozzo, which became a stop on the tourist-trail in the area. Two-thirds of the collection was left to the city as the Fondo Lochis on the stipulation that these works remain in the Villa, with the rest remaining with the family or sold off on the art market; the Portrait of a Scholar or Portrait of a Gentleman of the Albani Family by Giovanni Battista Moroni, for example, is now in a private collection in Berlin. The city found the will's condition hard to meet and so in 1866 renegotiated with Guglielmo's heir Carlo to allow the works to be hung in a room in the Accademia Carrara with the Lochis coat of arms over the door.The works which went to the Accademia included:Madonna and Child by Jacopo BelliniMadonna and Child by Giovanni BelliniPietà by Giovanni BelliniMadonna and Child with Saints by Palma VecchioMadonna and Child by Carlo CrivelliMadonna and Child by Cosmè TuraMadonna del Latte by Ambrogio da FossanoSaint Ambrose Meeting the Emperor Theodosius by Ambrogio da Fossano Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Lorenzo LottoNativity of Mary with Saints James, Anthony Abbot, Andrew, Dominic, Lawrence and Nicholas of Bari by Vittore CarpaccioPortrait of a Gentleman by Altobello MeloneSaint Sebastian by RaphaelHoly Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist by Moretto da BresciaThe Crucified Christ with a Devotee by Moretto da BresciaAdoration of the Christ Child by Bernardino LuiniMadonna and Child by TitianOrpheus and Eurydice by TitianMadonna and Child Triptych by Gerolamo GiovenoneSaint Nicholas of Tolentino by Giovanni Battista MoroniPortrait of a Child of the Redetti Family by Giovanni Battista MoroniSaint Francis Receiving the Stigmata by El GrecoPortrait of Ulisse Aldovrandi by Agostino Carracci Portrait of a Child by Diego VelázquezMadonna del Sassoferrato by Fra GalgarioPortrait of Francesco Maria Bruntino by Fra GalgarioThe Grand Canal at Palazzo Balbi by Canaletto Saint Maximus and Saint Oswald by Giovan Battista TiepoloView by Francesco GuardiIl ridotto by Pietro Longhi