European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Portrait of the Surgeon Gian Giacomo Bonamigo with His Son Giovanni Antonio Made in Treviso, Italy, Europe1544 Lorenzo Lotto (Lorenzo di Tommaso Lotto), Italian (active Venice, northern Italy, and Marches), first documented 1503, died 1556 Oil on canvas * Gallery 252, European Art 1500-1850, second floor (ARCO Chemical Company Gallery) Cat. 196 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelGian Giacomo Bonamigo was a surgeon who also ran a bath house in Treviso (near Venice). Lorenzo Lotto’s account book records on March 7, 1544, that he billed the sitter 10 ducats for a portrait of himself and his son. The father’s expectations for his son’s future are shown by the surgical instruments he passes into the boy’s hesitantly outstretched hand.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
