Portrait of the Surgeon Gian Giacomo Bonamigo with His Son Giovanni Antonio
Lorenzo Lotto (Lorenzo di Tommaso Lotto), Italian (active Venice, northern Italy, and Marches), first documented 1503, died 1556
Geography:
Made in Treviso, Italy, Europe
Date:
1544Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
35 1/8 x 29 3/8 inches (89.2 x 74.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting before 1900, Johnson CollectionObject Location:
Cat. 196Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Made in Treviso, Italy, Europe
Date:
1544Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
35 1/8 x 29 3/8 inches (89.2 x 74.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting before 1900, Johnson CollectionObject Location:
* Gallery 252, European Art 1500-1850, second floor (ARCO Chemical Company Gallery)
Accession Number:Cat. 196Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
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Gian 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.
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