Lorenzo Lotto

Lorenzo Lotto
Possible self-portrait, attributed to Lorenzo Lotto, 1540s, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum[1]
Born	Lorenzo Lotto c. 1480 Venice, Italy
Died	1556/57[2] Loreto, Marche, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Notable work	Polyptych of Saint Domenico
Movement	High Renaissance
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Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) 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. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits. He was active during the High Renaissance and the first half of the Mannerist period, but his work maintained a generally similar High Renaissance style throughout his career, although his nervous and eccentric posings and distortions represented a transitional stage to the Florentine and Roman Mannerists.