Holy Family with St Jerome and St Anne

Holy Family with St Jerome and St Anne is a 1534 signed and dated oil-on-canvas painting by Italian artist Lorenzo Lotto (ca. 1480–1556),[1] first recorded at the Palazzo Pitti at the start of the 18th century and now in the Uffizi in Florence.[2]

Holy Family with St Jerome and St Anne
ArtistLorenzo Lotto
Year1534
Mediumoil on canvas
LocationUffizi, Florence

The work is possibly derived from a prototype now in the Seilern Collection in London – that work has an open window framing a landscape in place of St Jerome. The Uffizi painting shows Saint Jerome, Saint Joachim and Saint Anne to either side of the Holy Family.

References edit

  1. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Kimbell Art Museum (2008). Art and Love in Renaissance Italy. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 321–. ISBN 978-1-58839-300-5.
  2. ^ "Polo Museale Fiorentino - Catalogo delle opere". www.polomuseale.firenze.it.