JBOC's  Notes on Oriental Rugs

Oushak Rugs: Lorenzo Lotto's Husband and Wife

Lorenzo Lotto's Husband and Wife

Oushak Rugs: Lorenzo Lotto's Husband and Wife

Husband and Wife
1523
Oil on canvas, 98 x 118 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Berlin "Bellini" Rug

This type of rug takes it's name from a rug in a painting by Gentile Bellini.

JBOC Note: Based on work of British artist David Hockney and University of Arizona research scientist Charles Falco it is now thought that this work was created using optical lenses to project a scene onto the canvas. This is valuable in the study of Oriental Rugs because these paintings give us proof that these rugs were created prior to the paintings. It sounds obvious but it is harder to date a rug or type of rug than it is to date the work of a particular artist.

For other examples please see:

The Darmstadt Madonna by Holbein the Younger

Flower Still-life on Memling Gul Rug

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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