Keywords: Lorenzo Lotto - Portrait of Fra Lorenzo da Bergamo - Walters 371104.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749167 Creator Lorenzo Lotto 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 Dominic by his halo and the lily he holds symbolic of purity The 13th-century Dominican saint was the founder of his Order 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 Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 270 396-397 1542 Renaissance Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 83 1 69 6 accession number 37 1104 4837 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 city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 place of origin Marche Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Male portraits by Lorenzo Lotto Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Renaissance portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 16th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1542 16th-century oil portraits of men at half length 1542 Painted portraits of males with flowers Portrait paintings of Christian monks 154 |