Lorenzo Lotto

Lorenzo Lotto
Possible self-portrait, attributed to Lorenzo Lotto, 1540s, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum[1]
Born
Lorenzo Lotto

c. 1480
Venice, Italy
Died1556/57[2]
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
Notable workPolyptych of Saint Domenico
MovementHigh 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.

  1. ^ See article on the website of the Museo Thyssen Bornemisza
  2. ^ "Lorenzo Lotto". Nationalgallery.org.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2018.