Portrait of Giovanni Agostino della Torre and his son Niccolò is an oil-on-canvas painting by Lorenzo Lotto, created in 1515, and now in the National Gallery, London.[1][2] It is signed and dated "L.[aurentius] Lotus P.[inxit] / 1515". Its subjects have been identified via inscriptions scattered throughout the painting.[3] They both practised medicine and pharmacy in Bergamo, selling iron vitriol from a shop on Piazza Vecchia.
This painting was probably the first portrait Lotto produced in that city.[4] It was retained by its subjects' descendants until 1812, when it was sold to an art dealer. The National Gallery accepted Giovanni Morelli's recommendation to buy it in 1863.[5]
References edit
- ^ Carlo Pirovano, Lotto, Milano 2002, Electa, ISBN 88-435-7550-3
- ^ "Lorenzo Lotto | Giovanni Agostino della Torre and his Son, Niccolò | NG699 | National Gallery, London".
- ^ Mauro Zanchi, Lotto. I simboli, 2011, Giunti=Firenze, ISBN 88-09-76478-1.
- ^ Andreina Franco Loini Locatelli, Il celebre medico Giovanni Agostino della Torre e il figlio Nicolò, 1998, p. 83.
- ^ Roberta D'Adda, Lotto, Milano, Skira, 2004.
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