Portrait of a Gentleman
Technical Details
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Title
Portrait of a Gentleman -
Author
Lorenzo Lotto -
Year
1543 - 5 -
Dimensions
cm 115 x 98 -
Inventory
692 -
Room
XIX
This portrait’s kinship with other portraits that Lotto painted while in Treviso (for instance his equally austere, sober Gentleman with Gloves) has prompted scholars to date it c. 1545. But if the sitter is indeed Giovanni Taurini da Montepulciano, the viceregent of Ancona, then the date is more likely to be 1541, when Lotto returned to the Marche. The man is shown standing, a formula introduced by Titian for portraits of the aristocracy, but he also wears the introspective expression typical of Lotto’s work.