Adoration of the Christ Child (Lotto, Washington)

Nativity
The Nativity (1939.1.288)
Year	1523
Medium	oil paint, panel
Dimensions	46 cm (18 in) × 35.9 cm (14.1 in)
Location	National Gallery of Art, United States
Collection	Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession No.	1939.1.288

Adoration of the Christ Child is an oil-on-panel painting executed in 1523 by Lorenzo Lotto and signed at the bottom right "L. Lotus / 1523". It is now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

The painting was produced for private devotion. X-ray examination has shown that the left side was reworked by Lotto himself.

By the 20th century it was in Count Morlani's private collection in Bergamo. He sold it to Bononi in Milan, where it was acquired by Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi. In 1937 Samuel H. Kress acquired it and took it to New York, giving it to its present owner two years later. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. Colalucci, Francesco (1990). "Muscipula diaboli? Una pseudo-trappola per topi nell'Adorazione di Lorenzo Lotto a Washington" . Artibus et Historiae. 11 (21): 71–88. doi:10.2307/1483384. ISSN   0391-9064. JSTOR   1483384.
2. Carlo, Pirovano (2002). Lotto. Electa, Milano. ISBN   88-435-7550-3.
3. Grabski, Józef; Wolańska, Joanna (2010). "The Portrait of Caterina Cornaro in Lorenzo Lotto's "Adoration of the Christ Child" in the National Museum in Cracow". Artibus et Historiae. 31 (61): 191–208. ISSN   0391-9064. JSTOR   25822458.

External links

• Federico Terzi, Per una Theologia Crucis artistica: alcuni spunti tra Lotto e Bach in Intersezioni, 40, 2020/1, pp. 57–75.