Why it matters
Lorenzo Lotto portrayed Laura da Pola, wife of the Treviso nobleman Febo da Brescia, who ordered her portrait and his own as a pair.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1543–1544.
- The commission is recorded in Lotto's account books.
- Both portraits came to the Brera in 1859.
Based on the Wikipedia article Portrait of Laura da Pola (CC BY-SA 4.0).
