Allegory of Chastity

Painting by Lorenzo Lotto, c. 1505

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Allegory of Chastity

Year| c. 1505
Medium| oil paint
Dimensions| 42.9 cm (16.9 in) × 33.7 cm (13.3 in)
Location| National Gallery of Art
Collection| Samuel H. Kress Collection

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Allegory of Chastity is a c.1505 oil-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Lorenzo Lotto.

## History

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It was first recorded in the 19th century, when it was in the Castelbarco collection in Milan. It was then sold to Sir William Martin Conway in 1887 and moved to his home at Allington Castle in Kent. Its next owner was Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, who on 4 October 1934 sold it to Samuel H. Kress, who took it to the USA and gave it to the National Gallery of Art in 1939, where it still hangs.

Portrait of a Woman

Its dating is based on stylistic similarities to Lotto's Allegory of Virtue and Vice, a cover Lotto had produced for his own Portrait of Bernardo de' Rossi. It was probably a cover itself, possibly for Portrait of a Woman (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon). Lotto was then a young protege of de' Rossi, who had gathered a small circle of writers and artists around him. Radiography has shown a partial under-drawing for a different image, probably a Hercules at the Crossroads, another theme on the choice between vice and virtue.

## Description

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The background landscape recalls Dürer's watercolours and Giorgione's landscape paintings. A young woman in white and gold leans against a laurel tree in the centre, possibly referring to Daphne, and ignores two satyrs (one female, one male), symbolising intoxication and lust. A putto pours a cascade of white flowers over her.

## Bibliography

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* Carlo Pirovano, Lotto, Milano 2002, Electa, ISBN 88-435-7550-3.
* Roberta D'Adda, Lotto, Milano, Skira, 2004.

## External links

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20090509122342/http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=288

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Lorenzo Lotto

Paintings|

| Religious|

* Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr and a Donor (1503)
* Madonna and Child with Saints (c. 1505)
* Asolo Altarpiece (1506)
* Saint Jerome in Penitence (Paris) (c. 1506)
* Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece (c. 1504–1506)
* Adoration of the Christ Child (Kraków) (1508)
* Madonna with Child between Sts. Flavian and Onuphrius (1508)
* Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (1506–1508)
* Recanati Polyptych (1506–1508)
* Saint Jerome in Penitence (Rome) (c. 1509)
* Transfiguration (1510–1512)
* Saint Jerome in Penitence (Sibiu) (c. 1513–1514)
* Saint Jerome in Penitence (Allentown) (1515)
* The Entombment of Christ (1513–1516)
* Martinengo Altarpiece (1513–1516)
* Susanna and the Elders (1517)
* Madonna and Child with Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian (c. 1518)
* Holy Trinity (c. 1519–1520)
* Christ Taking Leave of his Mother (1521)
* Santo Spirito Altarpiece (1521)
* Ponteranica Altarpiece (1522)
* Lament over the Dead Christ (c. 1522)
* Adoration of the Christ Child (Washington) (1523)
* Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria with Niccoló Bonghi (1523)
* Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (1523–1524)
* Mystical Marriage of St Catherine and Saints (1524)
* Life of the Virgin (1525)
* Christ Carrying the Cross (1526)
* Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint James (c. 1527)
* Saint Nicholas in Glory (1527–1529)
* Saint Lucy Before the Judge (1532)
* Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1533)
* Crucifixion with Pietà (c. 1529–1534)
* Holy Family with St Jerome and St Anne (1534)
* Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1534)
* Recanati Annunciation (c. 1534)
* Madonna and Child with Two Donors (c. 1533–1535)
* Holy Family with the Family of St John the Baptist (c. 1536)
* Madonna of the Rosary (1539)
* Altarpiece of the Halberd (c. 1539)
* St Antoninus Giving Alms (c. 1540–1542)
* Pietà (1538–1545)
* San Giacomo dell'Orio Altarpiece (1546)
* Presentation in the Temple (c. 1552–1556)

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Secular|

* Allegory of Virtue and Vice (1505)
* Portrait of Bishop Bernardo de' Rossi (1505)
* Allegory of Chastity (c. 1505)
* Portrait of a Young Man (c. 1506)
* Portrait of a Young Man with a Lamp (c. 1506)
* Portrait of Giovanni Agostino della Torre and his son Niccolò (1515)
* Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children (1515)
* Portrait of Lucina Brembati (c. 1518)
* Portrait of Marsilio Cassotti and His Bride Faustina (1523)
* Portrait of a Gentleman with a Lion Paw (c. 1524–1525)
* Portrait of a Young Man (Gemäldegalerie) (c. 1526)
* Portrait of a Young Man with a Book (c. 1526)
* Portrait of Andrea Odoni (1527)
* Portrait of a Young Man (Accademia) (c. 1530)
* Triumph of Chastity (c. 1530)
* Triple Portrait of a Goldsmith (c. 1530)
* Venus and Cupid (c. 1530)
* Portrait of a Woman Inspired by Lucretia (c. 1533)
* Portrait of a Gentleman (c. 1535)
* Portrait of an Old Man with Gloves (c. 1543)
* Portrait of a Thirty-Seven-Year-Old Gentleman (c. 1543)
* Portrait of Febo da Brescia (1543–1544)
* Portrait of Laura da Pola (1543–1544)
* Portrait of a Man (c. 1545)
* Portrait of Brother Gregorio Belo of Vicenza (1547)

Chapels|

* Suardi Chapel (1524)

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