Lorenzo Lotto Self-researched

Born: c. 1480, Venice Died: 1556/1557, Loreto Source: self-research

Italian Renaissance painter traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. Painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits.

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Artworks

Madonna and Child with Angels Self-researched

Oil on panel c. 1525

Spiritual, meditative figures set in a landscape. Lotto's distinctive psychological approach to religious subjects is evident in this work.