Saint Jerome in Penitence (Lotto, Allentown)
Saint Jerome in Penitence is a 1515 oil on canvas painting by Italian Renaissance artist Lorenzo Lotto, now in the Allentown Art Museum in Pennsylvania, USA.[1] It is signed on the rock next to the saint.
It was produced early in the painter's time in Bergamo. It was commissioned by Domenico Tasso, count and apostolic knight, for his new house on Via Pignolo in the city. Lotto had met Tasso in Rome and it may even have been Tasso who drew him to Bergamo. Carlo Ridolfi mentions it among the paintings "in Domenego Dal Cornello's house" in 1648. In the 18th century Tasso's descendants sold it off to help with their financial difficulties. It was later acquired by Samuel H. Kress, who gave it to its present owner in 1960.[2]
See also[]
- Saint Jerome in Penitence (Lotto, Paris), c.1506, Louvre, Paris
- Saint Jerome in Penitence (Lotto, Rome) (c.1509). Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
References[]
- ^ "Catalogue entry".
- ^ Andreina Franco Loiri Locatelli, La Rivista di Bergamo, p. 108-112.
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