How does this artwork elucidate its Sitter?
Andrea Odoni (1488–1545) was a successful merchant in Venice, the son of an immigrant to the city from Milan.  He was therefore a member, though much wealthier than most,  of the ordinary cittadini rather than the patrician class who are the subject of most Venetian portraits. He inherited a collection of art and antiquities from his uncle, and considerably expanded it.  His house, which Pietro Aretino implied was somewhat ostentatious, was described by Giorgio Vasari as "a friendly haven for men of talent".There has been considerable debate about the meaning Lotto, presumably together with his sitter, intended to convey with the choice of objects.  The portrait hung in Odoni's bedroom, alongside paintings by Titian and Palma Vecchio and a reclining nude by Girolamo Savoldo.
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