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Brother Gregorio Belo of Vicenza

Brother Gregorio Belo of Vicenza





Artist : Lorenzo Lotto

Date : between 1546 and 1547

Sizes : 71 cm x 83 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1965)
Item 9 on 19
Italian Painting
Painting

Area related
Venise (Italy)

Description   

The sitter holds a copy of the Homilies of Saint Gregory the Great. The Crucifixion is shown in the background. According to the "Libro de spese" of Lorenzo Lotto, the portrait was commissioned on December 9, 1546, and was completed by October 11, 1547.
Brother Gregorio Belo of Vicenza
Lorenzo Lotto