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Source Description
Because Lorenzo Lotto kept records of his commissions and expenses, the subject of this work can be identified as the Dominican preacher Fra Lorenzo from the city of Bergamo, Italy, by a payment recorded in 1542. Dressed in the robes of his order, Fra Lorenzo is linked with St. Thomas Aquinas by his halo and the lily he holds, symbolic of purity. The 13th-century Dominican saint was among the most important theologians in the West. By appearing in the guise of a saint, the sitter has revealed his pious and intellectual aspirations.Lotto was one of the great Venetian painters famous for his use of color. He traveled widely and spent much of his career outside of his native city.For more information on this portrait, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 270, pp. 396-397.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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4837
label
Portrait of Fra Lorenzo da Bergamo
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drawing
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Source metadata
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4837
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drawing
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title
Portrait of Fra Lorenzo da Bergamo
description
Because Lorenzo Lotto kept records of his commissions and expenses, the subject of this work can be identified as the Dominican preacher Fra Lorenzo from the city of Bergamo, Italy, by a payment recorded in 1542. Dressed in the robes of his order, Fra Lorenzo is linked with St. Thomas Aquinas by his halo and the lily he holds, symbolic of purity. The 13th-century Dominican saint was among the most important theologians in the West. By appearing in the guise of a saint, the sitter has revealed his pious and intellectual aspirations.Lotto was one of the great Venetian painters famous for his use of color. He traveled widely and spent much of his career outside of his native city.For more information on this portrait, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 270, pp. 396-397.
provenance
Palazzo Falconieri, Rome [from 1881 Massarenti catalogue]; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1881 catalogue: no. 82; 1897 catalogue: no. 368, as St. Hyacinth by G. B. Moroni]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1542 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
portraits
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
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83.1
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69.6
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 32 11/16 x W: 27 3/8 in. (83.1 x 69.6 cm); Framed H: 37 3/4 × W: 31 5/8 × D: 3 5/8 in. (95.89 × 80.33 × 9.21 cm)
Source extras
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Italian
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oil on canvas
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2606
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948
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1
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photo
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