Portrait of a Gentleman with a Rosary
by LOTTO, Lorenzo, Oil on panel, 79 x 62 cm
Until the beginning of the twentieth century this portrait was attributed to Holbein. It is one of the finest of the extraordinary series of portraits that Lotto undertook while in Bergamo. The identity of the gentleman, dressed as a Bergamasque dignitary, with a fur-lined damask coat over two jackets and a large hat, is unknown.