Lorenzo Lotto (ital. Lorenzo Lotto, 1480-1556) - one of the greatest Venetian painters. Unable to compromise in the works, and in the spiritual, Lorenzo Lotto lived troubled lives and often experience financial difficulties. Not adjusting to the prevailing tastes Lotto traveled in search of customers who could understand and appreciate his work. After a brief period of success, he was forgotten and ridiculed in Venice. At the end of the XIX century (1895) Lotto was reopened to the public art historian Bernard Berenson. According Berenson: "To understand the sixteenth century, Lotto learn is as important as to know Titian."
Madonna and Child with Angels and Saints, 1528, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Among other works Lotto devoted religious subjects, - a large painting "The Holy Family with St. Catherine of Alexandria» (Sacra Famiglia con santa Caterina d'Alessandria) (1533), written, but not for the church, but as a way of praying for a private individual . This masterpiece by Lorenzo Lotto in Bergamo stored in Carrara Academy. Everything is unusual in this composition, built on an asymmetrical arrangement of the figures, which violates the usual scheme of the image of the plot, but makes to work extraordinary dynamics.
Lorenzo Lotto, the frescoes in the chapel in Trescore Suardi (1524)
"Madonna on the throne, the angels and saints. Left: Sts. Catherine of Alexandria and Augustine; Right: Sts. Sebastian and Anthony "
1521 -287 x 268 cm Oil on canvas
Bergamo. Santo Spirito
"The altar polyptych of San Bartolomeo in Bergamo, the central part. Madonna on the throne, the angels and saints. Left: Alexander of Bergamo, Barbara Fox, Dominic, Mark; Right: Catherine, Stephen, Augustine, John the Baptist, Sebastian "
1516 -520 x 250 cm Oil on wood
Bergamo. San Bartolomeo
Saints (from left): Alexander of Bergamo, Barbara Fox, Dominic, Mark; (right): Catherine, Stephen, Augustine, John the Baptist, Sebastian; customer - condottiere Alessandro Colleoni Martineno di Malpaga
Lorenzo Lotto, "Annunciation", Recanati (c. 1534)
Lorenzo Lotto, "Saint Jerome" (c. 1509)
Lorenzo Lotto, the frescoes in the chapel in Trescore Suardi (1524)
The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine.
Lorenzo Lotto. 1523.
Lorenzo Lotto, "St. Lucia before the judges (1532)
Mecser Marsilio and his wife
Lorenzo Lotto, "Portrait of a Young Man" (c. 1530)
Lucretia (Portrait of a Lady). Ok. 1533. National Gallery, London
Lorenzo Lotto, a fragment of the altar of the church of Bergamo in San Bernardino (1521)
Lorenzo Lotto. "Portrait of a young man with a book"
One of the most famous portraits Lotto
In the portrait represented well-known collector, the collector of antiquities and ancient art of Andrea popularizer Odon. Imposing man, confident, somewhat imposing, he presents surrounded by their favorite things. As you can see, this antique sculptures, and, basically, Hercules from different angles:
