1530, Lorenzo Lotto, The Madonna and Child with Two Donors -- Getty Museum (Los Angeles)
From the museum label: Unlike the painters of more conventional portraits of donors, Lotto imaginatively created a psychological bond between the couple and the objects of their devotion. Their piety is rewarded with the Christ child's blessing and the gentle gaze of the Madonna. The artist differentiates between the real and the spiritual realms by using a highly naturalistic style for the couple and a more ideal, poetic rendering for the Virgin and child.
1530, Lorenzo Lotto, The Madonna and Child with Two Donors -- Getty Museum (Los Angeles)
From the museum label: Unlike the painters of more conventional portraits of donors, Lotto imaginatively created a psychological bond between the couple and the objects of their devotion. Their piety is rewarded with the Christ child's blessing and the gentle gaze of the Madonna. The artist differentiates between the real and the spiritual realms by using a highly naturalistic style for the couple and a more ideal, poetic rendering for the Virgin and child.