Study of a Married Couple

Lorenzo Lotto, c. 1520 - c. 1525

Lorenzo Lotto made this swiftly executed sketch preparatory to a painted double portrait, which is now in St Petersburg. He squared the composition for transfer to the canvas. Such working drawings were seldom preserved. This is regrettable, because it is precisely the clothing and attributes chosen by the patrons at this early stage that reveal how they wished to be immortalized.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1949-551
  • Dimensionsheight 169 mm x width 217 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen in bruin, op ruiten gebracht in rood krijt, op grijsbruin papier

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Study of a Married Couple

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1949-551

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Lorenzo Lotto

  • Dating

    c. 1520 - c. 1525

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen in bruin, op ruiten gebracht in rood krijt, op grijsbruin papier

  • Dimensions

    height 169 mm x width 217 mm

Explanatory note

  • Voorstudie voor schilderij 'Coniugi', in de Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Lit.: Stefano Giani, Il ritratto di coniugi di Lorenzo Lotto, Incontri (NS) 20 (2005), no. 2, pp. 141-150, afb. 1

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