'Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children (1515) by Lorenzo Lotto

Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children is a 1515 portrait by Lorenzo Lotto, now in the National Gallery, London, to which it was left by Miss Sarah Solly (the daughter of Edward Solly in 1879.[1]

It is an oil painting on canvas depicting the Venetian merchant Giovanni della Volta with his family. The artist's account books record a painting of that man and his family which was probably given as part-payment of rent he owed when he moved in 1547.

References

  1. ^ London, The National Gallery. "Lorenzo Lotto - Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children - NG1047 - National Gallery, London". www.nationalgallery.org.uk.