The Martyrdom of St. Alexander

ArtistAfter Lorenzo Lotto Italian, b. circa 1480, Venice; d. 1556, Loreto

DateProbably after 1560

MediumOil on panel

DimensionsDiameter: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Frame: 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (34.3 x 34.3 x 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Object numberGL.60.17.71

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ProvenanceThe church of SS. Stefano e Domenico, Bergamo, by 1516 (commissioned in May 1513 by Alessandro Colleoni Martinengo di Malpaga); transferred to the monastery of Basella, 1560; transferred to the church of San Bernardino, Borgo San Leonardo, 1564; transferred to the church of San Bartolomeo, Bergamo, 1600; separated from the main altarpiece in 1749; private collection, Milan; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, 1950; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the NCMA, 1961.

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