Lorenzo Lotto

1480–1556 · Republic of Venice · High Renaissance, Mannerism

Lorenzo Lotto was an Italian Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. Wikipedia

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Restless, expressive Venetian portraits and altarpieces with odd details, nervous light and intense, sometimes melancholy faces.

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Works

“Venus and Cupid”, 1530 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Portrait of a Woman”, 1530–1533 — National Gallery
“Allegory of Virtue and Vice”, 1505 — Samuel H. Kress Collection
“Portrait of a gentleman in his studio”, 1530 — Gallerie dell'Accademia
“Susanna and the Elders”, 1517 — Uffizi Gallery
“Portrait of Lucina Brembati”, 1521–1523 — Accademia Carrara
“Portrait of a Young Man with a Lamp”, 1508 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Portrait of a young Man”, 1526 — Gemäldegalerie
“Triple Portrait of a Goldsmith (Bartolomeo Carpan?)”, 1530 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Marsilio Cassotti and His Bride Faustina”, 1523 — Museo del Prado
“Portrait of a Gentleman with a Lion Paw”, 1524 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Portrait of Andrea Odoni”, 1527 — Reynst Collection
“Portrait of Bishop Bernardo de' Rossi”, 1505 — Museo di Capodimonte
“Portrait of Laura da Pola”, 1543 — Pinacoteca di Brera
“Recanati Annunciation”, 1534 — Villa Colloredo Mels Museum
“Portrait of a Young Man With a Book”, 1526 — Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco
“Portrait of a Gentleman”, 1535 — Galleria Borghese
“Allegory of Chastity”, 1505 — Samuel H. Kress Collection
“Portrait of an Old Man with Gloves”, 1543 — Pinacoteca di Brera
“St. Jerome in the Wilderness”, 1506 — Louvre
“The Carrying of the Cross”, 1526 — Louvre
“Madonna and child with Saint Catherine, Saint James the Greater, and an angel”, 1527–1533 — Kunsthistorisches Museum
“Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children”, 1547 — National Gallery
“Portrait of Febo da Brescia”, 1543 — Pinacoteca di Brera
“Portrait of a Man (Lotto)”, 1545 — Pinacoteca di Brera
“Brother Gregorio Belo of Vicenza”, 1547 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Transfiguration of Christ”, 1510 — Villa Colloredo Mels Museum
“Saint Lucy Before the Judge”, 1532 — Palazzo Pianetti
“Nativity”, 1523 — Samuel H. Kress Collection
“Madonna with Child between Sts. Flavian and Onuphrius”, 1506 — Galleria Borghese
“Madonna and Child with the Young St John the Baptist and St Peter Martyr”, 1503 — Museo di Capodimonte
“Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria with Niccoló Bonghi”, 1523 — Accademia Carrara
“The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine”, 1506 — Bavarian State Painting Collections
“Holy Family with St. John the Baptist”, 1537 — Louvre
“Our Lady of the Rosary”, 1539 — Chiesa di San Domenico
“Adoration of the Shepherds”, 1534 — Tosio Martinengo Gallery
“The Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria”, 1533 — Accademia Carrara
“Pietà”, 1538 — Pinacoteca di Brera
“Madonna with the Child and Sts Rock and Sebastian”, 1518 — National Gallery of Canada
“Christ taking leave of his Mother”, 1521 — Gemäldegalerie

Lorenzo Lotto

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