Saint Lucy Before the Judge

1532 painting by Lorenzo Lotto

Saint Lucy Before the Judge is a mixed-medium panel painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Lorenzo Lotto, signed and dated to 1532, consisting of a main work and a predella with three other scenes from saint Lucy's life.^[1] It is now in the painting gallery of the Musei Civici di Palazzo Pianetti in Jesi in the province of Ancona.^[2]

Lotto signed the contract for the work on 11 December 1523, having travelled to Jesi specifically to do so. It was a commission from the Confraternity of Santa Lucia for a chapel in the church of San Floriano. Work on the painting dragged out, risking the contract being withdrawn, and was only completed in 1532. When the church was suppressed in 1870 the work was moved to the town museum.^[3]

References

^ Roberta D'Adda, Lotto, Milano, Skira, 2004.
^ Mauro Zanchi, Lotto. I simboli, 2011, Giunti=Firenze, ISBN 88-09-76478-1.
^ Carlo Pirovano, Lotto, Milano 2002, Electa, ISBN 88-435-7550-3.

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)
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)

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)