Lorenzo Lotto, Italian
The Guy Who Helps Tom Brady Decide Which Super Bowl Ring To Wear Each Day, 1509-12
Oil on canvas
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Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here, here (archived if necessary), here, here, here, here (can be read in full for free on Fridays), here, here, here, here (archived if necessary), here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Italian Wikipedia page has more).
/// In this Portrait (by Lorenzo Lotto)
of a Jeweler, who loved his gelato,
there are rings on display.
The full price buyers pay.
“Do not owe” is an old Lotto motto.
/// Could this jeweler, (well fed; ample belly),
be Giovanni Pietro Crivelli?
No one seems to be sure,
but we know he’s not poor.
He sold rings to guys like Machiavelli.
/// “I have sample rings in many sizes.
Select well, so there are no surprises.
If a ring should get stuck,
you will be out of luck:
Pay or amputate— no compromises!”
/// The design of fine rings is an art.
One can help a man win his girl’s heart.
And in times of great strife,
a ring could save your life.
A bribed guard may well let you depart.
/// Gio’s voice became hoarse and staccato.
To calm down he sipped soothing Moscato.
He had been much too brash,
thinking he had won cash,
not a portrait when he won the Lotto.