Lorenzo Lotto

Lorenzo Lotto
Attributed to Lorenzo Lotto, Public domain

(1480–1556) Italian painter (1480–1556)

Lorenzo Lotto (1480–1556) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Lorenzo Lotto belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Lorenzo Lotto was born in Venice and died in Loreto. Lorenzo Lotto studied under Giovanni Bellini. Lorenzo Lotto worked in Ancona, Bergamo, Rome, and Treviso. Wikidata associates Lorenzo Lotto with High Renaissance and Mannerism.

The best-known works include ‘Allegory of Virtue and Vice’, ‘Portrait of a gentleman in his studio’, ‘Susanna and the Elders’, and ‘Suardi Chapel’. The works belong mainly to the genre religious painting. The catalogue has 129 works by Lorenzo Lotto with free images. The dated works span the years 1500–1554. Works by Lorenzo Lotto are held by several collections, among them Gemäldegalerie, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Accademia Carrara, and National Gallery. Wikidata links 107 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jerg Ratgeb, Jan de Cock, Ludovico Mazzolino, Jacob van Utrecht, and Damián Forment.